Hogwash. Many elements of the military would remain loyal to American survival and they have nukes.
We already faced this scenario during the Communist/Progressive coup of the 1930s. These United States were impoverished, divided, floundering. The Third Reich and the Japanese Empire learned the hard way that not even the wicked FDR could keep America divided in the face of an external existential threat.
It takes two off-the-shelf high voltage power supplies, a simple trigger circuit, and a test explosion of a few kilotons yield to determine the timing of the neutron injector.
The Permissive Action Link system is like all physical security measures: a bright high school student can defeat it. Its purpose is to slow the attacker down until the security forces have time to arrive. In this case, the security forces are the attackers, meaning it just slows them down.
[–] littul_kitton ago
Hogwash. Many elements of the military would remain loyal to American survival and they have nukes.
We already faced this scenario during the Communist/Progressive coup of the 1930s. These United States were impoverished, divided, floundering. The Third Reich and the Japanese Empire learned the hard way that not even the wicked FDR could keep America divided in the face of an external existential threat.
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[–] littul_kitton ago
It takes two off-the-shelf high voltage power supplies, a simple trigger circuit, and a test explosion of a few kilotons yield to determine the timing of the neutron injector.
The Permissive Action Link system is like all physical security measures: a bright high school student can defeat it. Its purpose is to slow the attacker down until the security forces have time to arrive. In this case, the security forces are the attackers, meaning it just slows them down.