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President Reagan and Nancy Reagan in 1987—the military aide at right-center is carrying the nuclear football. The nuclear football, officially the Presidential Emergency Satchel, is a briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the president of the United States to communicate and authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers, such as the White House Situation Room ...
Everywhere the U.S. president goes there's an aide with a briefcase that can start a nuclear war that could destroy most of the earth. What's Inside the President's Nuclear Football Skip to main ...
Officially called the “ Presidential Emergency Satchel, ” the “nuclear football” is a bulky briefcase that contains atomic war plans and enables the president to transmit nuclear orders to ...
The Gold Code is the launch code for nuclear weapons provided to the President of the United States in their role as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. [1] In conjunction with the nuclear football, the Gold Codes allow the president to authorize a nuclear attack. [2]
The so-called nuclear 'Football' is a black leather briefcase that contains items capable of allowing the US president to authorize a nuclear attack.
Reagan's staff members were anxious for the president to appear to be recovering quickly, [46] and the morning after his operation he saw visitors and signed a piece of legislation. [42] Reagan left the hospital on the morning of April 11. Entering the limousine was difficult, and he joked that the first thing he would do at home was "sit down ...
The Pentagon's watchdog said on Tuesday it would evaluate the safety protocols surrounding the president's "nuclear football" - containing codes needed for a strike - after one such briefcase ...
The Day After was the idea of ABC Motion Picture Division President Brandon Stoddard, [7] who, after watching The China Syndrome, was so impressed that he envisioned creating a film exploring the effects of nuclear war on the United States. Stoddard asked his executive vice president of television movies and miniseries, Stu Samuels, to develop ...