That is the thing that worries me the most..his access to the codes

to ensure it doesn't get used improperly. We don't know what that protocol is, though. I suspect he really can't do it on a whim at all.

Stahp it!!!

program?

But I do know it's not a "Bring me that Football, dammit! I wanna take out Tehran." sort of thing. Launching a nuclear strike is a complicated thing to do, with lots of things to check off, I"m sure.

The blinky lights flash, the keyboard beeps, and then it makes ominous sounds.

But that's all it does.

In the morning, after they've slept it off in the bunker, whatever slight that provoked them to use it is forgotten.