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What is the Nuclear Football? What's inside it?
A black briefcase. Documents that describe nuclear war plan.
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From the time the President authorizes a nuclear launch to the tie the missiles are released, how long does it take?
10 Minutes.
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How much does the nuclear football weigh?
45lbs.
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How is the nuclear football always kept by the President's side?
A Military Aide carries it.
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How many years have our presidents had a nuclear football by their side?
50 years.
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When and whose administration put together a single nuclear response plan named SIOP?
Eisenhower, 1960.
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In 1962, what was the Soviet Union doing?
Building missile bases in Cuba.
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How many days after Kennedy's administration discovered nuclear weapons in Cuba did they go public with the information?
8 days.
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How long did the US and Soviet Union "teeter on the brink" of nuclear war?
7 days.
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What did USSR Premier Nikita Kruschev agree to do to avert nuclear war?
Turn back his ships.
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After the Cuban Missile Crisis, what was devised to give the president t he ability to respond to a nuclear attack from anywhere?
The Nuclear Football.
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What is the first thing inside the football?
Guide for president of various nuclear actions.
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What is the "biscuit" that the president carries?
A set of codes.
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The nuclear football is transported by a rotation of how many officers?
5.
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How many nuclear warheads are in the US arsenal?
Over 10,000.
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What is unique about the football's design?
It can't be penetrated.
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Who, besides the Aide, protects the nuclear football?
Secret service, police.
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Who else besides the president has a football?
The Vice President.
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When has a president ever been separated from his Aide and the football?
President Ford in France, the Aide left it on a plane.
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Who is supposed to have the best knowledge of the football's contents?
The Military Aide.
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What President studied the nuclear war response plan the most, and tested it?
Jimmy Carter.
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Which president lost is codes?
Bill Clinton.
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