September’s revelations about CJCS Milley’s actions in the days following the January 6 attack on the Capitol reignited the debate about American nuclear command and control, and renewed questions about the President’s sole authority to launch nuclear weapons:
What is the state of NC2 in the US?
What are the implications of Milley’s action within the known chain of command?
Is there room for legal review and democratic accountability when it comes to nuclear command authorization?
What can come next?
Moderator Loren DeJonge Schulman is joined by Professor Alex Wellerstein, former STRATCOM Staff Judge Advocate Mike Smidt, and Congressional Research Service’s Amy Woolf to help set the record straight and answer key questions in this open conversation.
