What is the US Strategic Command?
We hear that title every once in a blue moon and we understand it to be some sort of gigantic military government entity that makes decisions about war and espionage on a global basis.
The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is actually one of nine separate commands in the US Department of Defense (DOD). Of the nine, STRATCOM provides rapid-response to threats advice to the Congress and the president.
Inside this network of nine commands are Strategic Deterrence, Global Strike, the DOD’s Global Information Grid, Strategic Warning, Integrated Missile Defense, Global Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) (together known as C4ISR).
The head of the US Strategic Command is Air Force General John Hyten. Recently in a conference regarding the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada, General Hyten was asked a question regarding his philosophy on nuclear strikes and whether he would blindly follow the order if given by the president to do so.
Turn to the next page to see his response and how it has been taken to mean that the general would disobey orders if presented with the situation!
It always amazes me just how stupid people really are. Anyone who thinks the President, any President, can just issue an order to nuke anyone is a total blithering idiot. There are protocols, Congressional approval, a Chain of Command, a playbook and codes to be deciphered before a President can launch a nuclear attack. Now, the rules are greatly lessened if the U.S. is attacked with nukes. Then it becomes academic.
I’m always amazed at how stupid people can be. There are protocols, Congressional approval, Chain of Command, delegated authorities, and a host of other priorities in order to initiate an attack on anyone. The President doesn’t have a magic button he can push to fire Nukes.
This general should not be dealing with the media. Reassign him now.
4 star idiot
Trump should relieve him…. Like Obama did to 18 generals.
shut your pie hole obama left over-retire please
The only way Trump will personally sign an illegal attack is if it’s a countermeasure… if we have missiles flying at us that’s the day he breaks the process. Until that happens I’m skeptical he would actually “push the button”…
False… President has the power of veto… and that can be overridden by a second 2/3 majority vote… Jesus people you don’t even fucking know what the president can do and can’t do and you’re going to theorize his capabilities as a man… it’s funny. But I’m still waiting for the punch line…
Is trump the only one with any since lol he’s pretty smart but the media is having a meltdown like he’s incompetent he will not push any buttons unless some buttons are pushed just as any other president would thank God he’s my president
This is a nothing-burger story. Every officer knows it’s their duty to not obey an illegal order. This is just the left trying to make Trump look bad by saying the general wouldn’t follow his orders. The general said he wouldn’t follow an ILLEGAL order. If Trump did give an order to launch nukes, it would have gone through many generals above this one and the Secretary of Defense first, so it would have been vetted for legality before it ever reached him.