# Let's Play Nuclear Football

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-nuclear-football/779881>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-nuclear-football/779881 "2017-02-15T04:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-nuclear-football/779881/41 "2017-02-20T00:15:17Z")

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If the football were stolen, and irretrievable, surely the next step by POTUS would be to immediately notify the nuclear forces, “Disregard all nuclear launch orders until further notice?”

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