You're the button presser

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>>31553704
>Pls be my ai gf

>>31553704
To be completely honest, I don't think I'd ever push the button, no matter what. Half the world dead is better than all the world dead, and at least if the USSR is left standing there would be some kind of future for humanity.

That's why I would never be allowed to join Missile Command.

>>31553767
This. I don't think I could be responsible for that, especially knowing that those firing were deep in silos themselves

>>31553767
werent there several occasions where the russians 'detected' a US first strike but decided not to launch?

>>31553792

It happened once, and it was pretty obvious we hadn't actually launched anything because they only saw one "missile" on their radar.

>>31553767

You'd be shot on the spot and replaced by one of your fellow missileers.

>>31553805
Yeah a bunch of glorified office workers would just start popping the dudes they eat lunch with everyday. It's a fun idea but I fucking doubt it.

>>31553704
After seeing the shit heap of a year that 2016 is, I'd say press it

it's for the greater good

>>31553704

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W6as8oVcuM

>>31553704
Unless I was privy to some secret doomsday device I wouldn't mind pressing the button.
There's not enough heavy stuff in 100,000 nukes to wipe out life as we know it on earth, let alone the 8,000 alert warheads at the height of the cold war.

>>31553704
>allahu akbar

>>31553704
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5-xnJCFgzY

>>31553749
Is that the RDS-37?

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>>31553704

>I....it was just a prank bro!

>>31553704

Does the government ever have "fire drills" just to see if the guys will actually do it?

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>>31553704
Je ne regrette rien.

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>See you in hell filthy commies

>>31555711
No. They have drills, but you know they are drills.

It actually wouldn't matter if you turned your key or not.

1) If the majority of the crews in your squadron all turn their keys, then you missile flies automatically anyway.

2) STRATCOM can launch the missiles remotely from the E-6.

>>31553704
ALLLLAHHHH UAAKBARRR!!!!

>>31556342

They should have a drill where everybody thinks it is real. Anybody who doesn't press the button in a prompt manner gets dishonorably discharged for life.

>>31553704
Burn it


>I have that written inside my welding hood

>>31556342 is 100% wrong

>>31556417 is exactly what they do. Missile command never knows if its a drill or not. I heard from one Colonel he ended the world 200 times. Every Time it's real, Every time they launch

>>31556657
meant missile commander, obviously the brass knows if its real or not

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You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind.

>>31553704
>What would you say as you unleash Armageddon, realistically or otherwise
ORE WA OCHINCHIN GA DAISUKE NANDAYO!!!

"If dubs I turn into a ghoul"

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>>31553704
>1980s
>full scale nuclear war
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then I guess become like John Rourke if I survive.

>>31556657
You would almost need drills to break up the monotony.

Hell, i bet half the guys are just hopeing to launch to end the boredom

"this is for our sins"

>Tim I banged your wife.

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Since we're talking about nukes, anyone has read this? Halfway through and I'm enjoying it. It was in the oppie's book list if I remember correctly

>"Listen Jeff, about what we did last night...
>"Can we do that for the last 30 min?"

"We must not allow a mineshaft gap!"

>>31556657
Has there ever been a movie or anything with this scenario?
>Cuban Missile Crisis or any high-stress crisis
>get drill, do it
>an hour later they are told to do another fire drill
A situation where you're pretty confident this is the real thing but they could still be fucking with you.

>>31559217

Its on my to-read list, there's a gap of about four books or so until I can get around to reading it.

>deus vult

>>31559489
I think a similar scenario played a part in War Games, if I'm remembering it right.

>drill happens
>key turner hesitates to unleash hellfire
>brass uses this as excuse to automate launch systems
>plot happens

>>31553704
>No cold spot in my burrito tonight!

>>31559191
I like this

>>31559191
>This is for Harambe

>>31553704
i would say fuck California as i drop a single nuke on that shithole

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>>31559283
This.. This i like.. Alot

I'd probably just do my job silently. Then afterwords consider my options. Either kill myself or form the Brotherhood of Steel.

Let's be realistic
Nuclear war is highly unlikely.
From top to bottom, nobody wants to live in a nuclear wasteland.

>>31553704
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" is a little played-out at this point.

I'd go with "I am the Earl of Kill-pocalypse, the Baron of Blowing Shit Up, and I am going to holler for a dollar, then pass the savings on to you!"

And the other guy turning his key at the same time would be like "Goddamnit, isn't it bad enough you say that when you're taking a dump..."

>>31553704
Nothing, I'd just try to get a hold of whatever information sources haven't been blown to hell yet after I did my job.

God's in his heaven, all's right with the world

>>31553704
>>didn't even get to try out that atari i bought

>>31553704
I would say whatever my training tells me to say.

>>31559217
I'm hesitant to read it because of the misinformation the author keeps peddling in the media.

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>>31553767
Wasn't that almost the plot of peace walker? To build machines that would automatically fire retaliatory missles in case the other side chickened out or something?

>>31553704
Nyet, is still just error in the computer, comrades.

I'd probably be rendered mute by the gravity of the situation

>>31553704
>pshhh nothin personell kidd

>>31553704
>"cheeki breeki"

>>31553704
>falls asleep at the command board
>WWIII never happens
*wipes drool from corner of mouth*
W-hat? What did I miss~

>>31556657
>is 100% wrong
No, Im not.


>is exactly what they do
Moron

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>>31553704
"may god have mercy on us but, if he doesn't then we'll see you in hell communist swine"

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>>31553704
AAAAAAA MOTHERLAND

>>31561447
Yup. Fucking Emmerich.

>>31553704
It's tangential, but I recall reading something along these lines:
British Prime Minister Callaghan (Sort of on the left of the Labour party, fought against tougher trade union regulations in the 60s, then ironically got brought down by union strikes they would've prevented in the 70s) would've ordered a retaliatory strike in the event he'd had the information that a strike had occurred or was imminent on the UK.

Dennis Healey, his chancellor (On the unambiguous right of the Labour party and once in charge of defence, though he was responsible for implementing spending cuts implemented from above.) wouldn't have ordered a retaliation in those circumstances as the deterrent would've failed in the role of deterring had that happened. (He only revealed this after he left office.)

Regardless of whether or not it's accurate, I've always liked the "Healey strategy" for nuclear deterrence: Insist entirely that you will fire if fired upon, give absolutely no indication this wouldn't be the case. If you're fired on anyway and defeat is imminent, well, no point firing back. (Though in the UK we run into the problem of letters of last resort, as actually writing "do not fire back" in the letter does technically induce the risk of giving away your position too early, should someone somehow obtain access. For maximum deterrent value, you'd have to bluff it right up to the point of standing in front of a physical button yourself.)

>>31556342
Ex MX Peacekeeper launch officer here

>They have drills, but you know they are drills

Wrong. You're sitting in front of the same console, you receive the same orders. You dont know if its the real deal until you turned the key

They want to put the launch officers under pressure to find out who's able to push the button and who's not so they make it 100% realistic.

>>31556417

>>31559217
>>31559521
on my list too
interested

Fuck you dad

dont copy that floppy

>>31553704
Yes, easy. We have about 6 billion too many people anyway, and the only way to fix that is thermonuclear war. Also, without civilization providing food and medical aid, Africans would starve and rot back to caveman numbers where they belong.

If I had the presence of mind to say anything, it would probably be a muttered "So this is how it ends".

>>31559217
>I actively consume propaganda

>>31563974
>Ex MX Peacekeeper launch officer here
Does your dad work for nintendo too?

Thats what PRP is for.

>>31559659
laughed too much

>>31564338
care to elaborate? I've heard about his anti-nuclear agenda but not much else

>>31556814
>>>
What is this? the cover looks like if I made a movie...

>>31553704
I would say something along the lines of "PREFLIGHT CHECKS COMPLETE, AUTHORIZATION VERIFIED, INITIATING LAUNCH. STAND BY TO TURN KEY IN 3...2...1 MARK. LAUNCH SEQUENCE INITIATED... 1 AWAY... 2 AWAY... 3 AWAY... 4 AWAY... LAUNCH SEQUENCE COMPLETED, TELEMETRY NOMINAL... it's out of our hands now Jim, grab those beers and let's go topside to watch the show."

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I was busy in the morning today, and I was somewhere way out in the corn in Tornado country. I heard the tornado / bomb sirens going off today and I forgot about it being the first Tuesday of the month (aka siren testing).

God, that was a scary feeling it being a perfect beautiful sunny day outside when you hear those sirens sound up close, thinking about what's coming.

Scary shit.

>>31564338
> I can't view propaganda without going full SS

>>31553704
>CRASHING THIS PLANET WITH NO SURVIVORS

Hey this thread is still alive


/k/ its my birthday! Dubs decides what I the USSR got for me

>>31553704
Yes, because they started it.

>>31569689
Happy birthday. Hopefully (or not?) no 50Mt nukes.

>>31553704

No. The reasons are you don't know your missile's target. I could be signing off a bunch of non combatants to death in a major city with no military value. If I end up letting a bunch of military targets survive such as a base or concentration of soldiers they are a resource that can assist post exchange and render aid to affected areas. After the exchange if there is a standing government left on either side will call a cease fire anyway. I know there will be enough other people that will turn the key and kill millions of people and it's something I don't want to be part of.

>may our children forgive us..

They won't. They and their children will curse your name and your actions.

The only winning move...is to shoot first!

>>31564309
True dat.

>>31569820
Your actions actually hasten the war you would wish to avoid.

>>31553704
I had already decided to push the button about a third through your post.
Also, tl:dr