Posted to HN 2-3x per year. Here's the bottom line:<p>1. Remove rational human beings from the nuclear C2 loop at great peril.<p>2. Its hard enough for so-called super powers to C2 nuclear weapons, its even more difficult for developing nations with fewer resources & less public accountability & greater instability. Industrial accident prone nations should not have nuclear weapons, period. It is questionable if they should have nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes. Yes, I'm talking to you Iran.<p>3. It is almost a certainty there will be a mistaken or accidental nuclear launch in the next 15 years.<p>And, finally, the Miley/Xi/Trump narrative is pure propaganda. China's alleged insecurity about a US first strike, requiring the CJoS to reassure them, is based on a laughable misunderstanding of how US nuclear launch works, either by the Chinese or the author of the leak - or both. China just announced its reversal of "no first strike" and Biden is POTUS, so Miley's attempts at reassurance must've fallen on deaf ears if you believe the story in the first place.