thinking a lot about a specific proposition made during the history of nuclear weaponry in america

wherein a unique code would be required to confirm any nuclear launch

and that code would be surgically implanted onto a device attached to the heart of a willing volunteer

who would remain near the president

so that if the president wanted to perform a nuclear strike

he would have to murder a man with his own hands first

i'm also now thinking about this but in the sense that i feel like this would barely be a deterrent in our modern era

they'd probably make the person, like, a prisoner or something

"a prisoner who did what?" just a prisoner

"When I suggested this to friends in the Pentagon they said, "My God, that's terrible. Having to kill someone would distort the President's judgment. He might never push the button."
— Roger Fisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1981

well, roger,,,,

that whistling sound you hear is the point audibly passing over their heads