the Candidate in US presidents from Democrats Hillary Clinton during the debates with his opponent, Republican Donald trump could disclose secret information relating to the procedure of use of nuclear weapons. It is reported by Fox News.
Wednesday, October 19, during the discussion about the suitability of candidates to the management of nuclear weapons, Clinton said that from the moment of the decision by the President to apply it before the actual trip starts four minutes.
a Number of former security officials interviewed by the TV channel, noted that such detailed information is secret and its disclosure person, who had access to it, can be regarded as a violation of safety standards.
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“our country is no more closely guarded secrets than that which concerns our strategic nuclear deterrent,” said former naval officer.
a Senior representative of the Clinton campaigns denied the allegations and referred to previously published information in this area. In particular, a former officer in the provision of rockets “Minuteman” and a research scientist at Princeton University Bruce Blair has described the step by step procedure of the decision by the President of a nuclear attack.
According to him, the procedure involves consultations with military and civilian advisers in Washington and around the world, including command of strategic nuclear forces in the United States. Duration of consultation — at the discretion of the President, but if there is a realization that the enemy has launched nuclear weapons against the United States, the adoption of decisions can take a matter of seconds.
“About five minutes can pass from the President’s decision to launch Intercontinental ballistic missiles of the mines, and about 15 minutes to launch missiles from submarines”, — he wrote, adding that after the engine has started, it cannot be altered.
Opponents, however, say that even the presence of such information announced in the academic environment, does not entitle the persons who had access to secrets, similarly to discuss these issues.
U.S. defense Secretary Ashton Carter, when asked about the attitude to the situation, refused to answer, citing the fact that this question refers to the election campaign.
Clinton previously convicted of careless attitude towards sensitive information. In March 2015 scandal with her e-mail. It turned out that as Secretary of state she led business correspondence using personal email box. Later, the politician gave the FBI emails, got on a private server to store e-mails, however, removed about 30 thousand letters, stating that they were purely of a private nature.
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