no, really –JUST for FUN, Tom Clancey style –what happens if POTUS has a deal with Ivan, and he’s in the air, and he has a bodyguard or two in on it who shoots the guy with the codes and the football, and Ivan launches per plan, and AF1 just flies on to Moscow? Would it take an hour for USA to implement plan II –IOW, too late? i know we have air & sea too (well, air is maybe down right now due to the embarrassingnuke vs cruise missile mix up), but, what about that football i wonder?