The one who was once ridiculous is now possible. Elon Musk, the richest person in the history of the world, has become a dog by President Donald Trump. Musk and his Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) have unprecedented access to the government's data and computer system. Earlier this week, she Came to include The system in the Department of Energy (DOE), which oversees the US nuclear weapons. This news expressed enough concern that Energy Secretary Chris Right went into the air refuse Musk and Dogi have access to atomic secrets.
This is worrying to be at a point where someone has to make such a statement, especially because the Trump administration has Allegedly lied First the level of access to Dogi. The placement of Dogi in DOE even increases the possibility of really bizarrely: that a pseudo-departed nuclear weapons in the name of a shiba inu can gain real access to the nuclear weapons. Fortunately, despite the sometimes expansion power of the musc on government systems, it will take more than going to the right office to do so. But in a moment where all types of government criteria are in flow, it is worth seeing that it actually separates someone like a musk that is probably the biggest destructive force on the planet – and the other types of risks reach Can be of type.
One of the most powerful nuclear arsenal on the planet in the US is. It has enough firepower to eliminate all life on Earth at times. The President has the only right to launch those weapons, but Dogi is getting closer to his system at any time. During a press conference on Friday, Trump said he had directed Musk and Dogi. PentagonGet access to National nuclear safety administration (NNSA) also cannot be out of question.
However, good news is: Accessing any piece of nuclear command and control of a random laptop hook in the DOE network is almost impossible. An employee of a foreign department with knowledge of this issue, who spoke Ruckus In this situation we protect their oblivion, throwing cold water on the idea.
“What can I not see [Musk] Possibly, ”said the employee. “I would say that this is zero. I can't fathom how it will happen. famous last Words. I also strongly believe that if you make some stupid evidence, the world will create a better stupid. “To launch a Nuke requires physical access to the weapon only. The missiles have to change the keys. A submarine crew must prepare and fire a missile. A bombary crew should draw the liver and hons on the target. This is not going to happen to the musk or its employees enter a pole, climb a secret bomber, or to climb into a submarine.
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America's nuclear weapons command and control systems are not connected to the Internet and they are run A closed network It exists only for atomic forces. They are also ancient. Some of the equipment used have been since the 1960s and 70s. Modernizing the Pentagon system, but it is running slow. Air Force stopped using only 1970s Eight inch floppy disk For some of its nuclear computers in 2019. “Many of these computer systems are very high heritage systems,” said the employee. “I am very worried about these systems and not working in crisis.”
There is a misconception in popular culture that America's nuclear weapons will be set on fire if America is ever fired. If China, Russia, or North Korea caught fire in the US, the US Nukes would not fire automatically. The President will need to decide to retaliate and many military officers will have to decide to follow the order. The State Department employee said, “Those systems are not really automated in such a way that people worry about it.”
Alex WelsteinAn associate professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology and an expert in nukes and nuclear privacy, agreed. “I don't think the current commands and control systems” are hacquilized, “he said Ruckus“They are clearly not enough modern for him.”
Wallersstein explains, however, there is another more possible – the way of nuclear weapons: Trump. “If Musk was trying to do that kind of true 'hostile acquisition', it would be the best by fooling Trump to believe in nuclear war, which would probably be the best for Kasturi's wealth and grandeur of Trump There will be a trivial attempt, “said.
To get this, Trump will need to open his football: a leather coated zero Holiberton Aluminum Attach Case that follows the President everywhere. There is a communication tool inside which keeps it in touch with the National Military Command Center in Pentagon. To call, Trump will require a laminate sheet of paper called biscuits, including a long string of alpha-numeric code. He is going to do the same with him all the time. Reading a line in this code, which the National Security Agency updates every day, confirms the President's identity when he calls in a nuclear strike. “The President does not have a launch code. The President has a code that certifies his voice, ”said an employee of the State Department.
So the musk has to receive biscuits, use football, and call in a code in Trump's voice. Or convince Trump to do this. “Something like this, I don't think there is a chance,” said the employee of the State Department.
But there is a final, worrying wrinkle: Football and biscuits exist only because in the past people decided that ordering atomic launch is the best way for the President. Trump can change this process at any time for any reason.
Welstein said, “There are many detailed rules that can have access to systems associated with the use of nuclear weapons, with specific requirements and so on for clearance and reliability.” “These are all essential executive rules, and the Presidents are capable of handing over nuclear use powers, and have certainly done the previous presidents, essentially 'pre-authorities' use of nuclear weapons under specific circumstances Is done. “
President Eisenhawar strengthened the commanders in Pacific to order the launch of nuclear weapons Very specific circumstancesFor example, and Kennedy and Johnson maintained the tradition.
Welstein reported that without clearance, the employees of Dogi see access to classified systems that “will be considered quite sensitive to usually.” Other things that were prohibited once can also occur on the table.
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“If President Trump decided that Elon Musk should have access to Nukes, and asks the army to eliminate its general needs, and the army takes it as a legal and actionable order, so why not? ” Welstein said. “It is an absurd and clearly foolish and self-destructive idea, but it does not separate it strongly from other things going on in the present. It is suicidal in nature, but currently other works are being done under Trump's right. ,
Football and biscuits are not sacred.
But even in this worst condition of the worst condition, there is no large red button. Trump or musk can push to open a silo and open nuclear arms. The State Department's employee said, “What is the authority with the President.” “This right is legal in nature. The President cannot launch nuclear weapons. There is no capacity. “This capacity is distributed to dozens of people, which are mentioned above, including submarine crew and missiles – any of which can break the series.
“All these landscapes rely on military command orders,” Welstein said. “I would like to believe that they would refuse to do so. But this will also be a difficult and extraordinary thing. This is not a situation that I would like to stay inside. ,
Trump and Musk are more likely to nuclear disasters than launching an intercontinental-ballistic missile. Musk's dog crew is not filled with people like you want inside the Pentagon or DOE; Employee Edward is Coristine Connection for cyber criminal And Websites operated in RussiaIf Washington was working normally, he and others would not have received security approval.
Still they are barrels anyway. And each dog employee is a point of failure in a delicate system that includes information related to the most powerful weapons on the planet. The State Department employee said, “Perhaps there is a ton of personnel data that is interested in a foreign opponent.” China and Russia would like to get information about security approval people. Background checks change information about loan, family relations and other information that will be useful in blackmailing a government official.
Nuclear weapons also produce nuclear waste. The US has still not cleaned the waste left behind by the Manhattan project. People are ill and dying, Now!The US lagged behind various nuclear weapons projects due to nuclear content in the US. Under Biden, Department of Energy Planned to spend $ 8.2 billion cleaning the atomic waste of that Cold War-era. But the employee worried that regular environmental maintenance around Dogge and Musk nuclear weapons projects would be seen as “waking up”.
A large part of the NNSA budget is dedicated to environmental cleaning. The employee said, “I was thinking them as misguided environmentalism.” “I can see them just deciding to close all that goods.”
Started during nuclear modernization Obama administration And will play outside In the next 25 yearsThe US is currently ready to spend around $ 2 trillion on the project. It is going to dig new missile silos across the country, deploys updated nuclear weapons, modifies computer systems, and creates new nuclear submarines. It is a large venture with a large capacity for waste, fraud and abuse. There is a need to investigate and audit it under any administration. Right now, those audit people are musk and dodge.
Musk and Dogi have proved that they do not care about the system to protect Americans and protect sensitive data. One of their “move forward and break things”. There are laws and rules to keep people out of power and keep away from sensitive nuclear secrets.
“Rules only work when people take them seriously. Laws only work when they are implemented, ”Welstein said. “We are currently in No-Man's land.”