Definitely, I worry about this a lot. I do wonder about some of the close call stories that are out there. It seems like in its in Russia’s best interest to project an image that they are willing to launch without hesitation. So I wonder if any of the stories of “two officers wanted to launch and only the third saved us all” stories are propaganda.

I don’t have any evidence of this, and I definitely don’t want to play down the risk of nuclear war.