Nuclear Weapons in his hands: Trump to get the BISCUIT

a. Small card with nuclear code

b. Card for stock exchange indices

c. Briefcase containing nuclear codes

d. None of the above

 

On Trump’s first day in Office, he will be handed the nuclear biscuit. This is a small card with the codes needed to talk to the Pentagon war room for identity verification in the event of a national security crisis

• Presidents have chosen to keep the biscuit on them, not always with positive results. For example, Jimmy Carter left them in clothes sent to dry cleaners, whereas Bill Clinton lost the wallet containing the biscuit
• Others have chosen the option of keeping the card in a briefcase called the nuclear football together with the manual containing US war plans for differing contingencies and one on the continuity of the government and where to go to ensure executive authority survives a first nuclear strike
• Biscuit and football symbolise the immense fire power that will be in Trump’s hands.Trump has been called a “loose cannon” by political opponents at the time of the elections and has also asked why nuclear weapons cannot be deployed
• The football contains a list of strike options, the location of secure bunkers where the president can be sheltered, instructions on how to use the Emergency broadcast system and a 3 by 5 inch card with authentication codes for the president to verify it is him or the biscuit
• After initiating military actions, the president convenes a conference with military and civilian advisers in Washington if travelling the President is on a secure line. If enemy missiles are headed towards the US and the president must order a counterstrike, the consultation may just last 30 second
• 5 military aides share the responsibility of carrying around a briefcase that contains a top-secret manual with instructions on how to launch nuclear weapons.
• The briefcase follows the president literally everywhere, so that he or she would have access to it at any point in time.
• The president also carries a card at all times that contains the verification codes necessary to put the instructions on the manual into motion.
• Over 15,000 nuclear weapons currently exist in the world
• The Federation of American Scientists has estimated that close to 15,350 nuclear weapons exist in the world today
• Of these, roughly 93 percent of them belong to US or Russia
• Weapons are created, tested and stored all over the US
• The US has a first strike policy regarding nuclear weapons
• The first strike policy means the US could activate nuclear weapons against another country without being attacked first
• Situations where warheads could be used include North Korea and Iran

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