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What a silly comment. You're literally describing the plot of several sci-fi movies. Nuclear command and control systems are not taken so lightly.

And as for the Chinese spy balloon, there was never any risk of a war (at least not from that specific cause). The US, China, Russia, and other countries routinely spy on each other through a variety of unarmed technical means. Occasionally it gets exposed and turns into a diplomatic incident but that's about it. Everyone knows how the game is played.



"Nuclear command and control systems are not taken so lightly."

https://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nuclear-launch-code-at-...




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