{"id":105447,"date":"2020-04-15T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T00:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-coronavirus-cant-stop-americas-nukes"},"modified":"2020-04-15T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T00:42:42","slug":"the-coronavirus-cant-stop-americas-nukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-coronavirus-cant-stop-americas-nukes","title":{"rendered":"The Coronavirus Can\u2019t Stop America\u2019s Nukes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3K3wgBi8I4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, nuclear weapons have taken a backseat in most people\u2019s minds. But for Global Strike Command (AFGSC)\u2014the Air Force unit in control of two of the three legs of America\u2019s nuclear triad\u2014their mission remains top priority.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s an unforgiving business. Nuclear deterrence requires extreme levels of readiness among pilots, maintenance crews, and security teams. Adversaries that don\u2019t think the U.S. can respond with conventional bombing strikes or nukes could be emboldened to act aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>But in a <em>War of the Worlds<\/em>-style twist, humanity\u2019s most lethal weapons could be nullified by an organism that can\u2019t even be seen. <em><\/em> It\u2019s up to the AFGSC to make sure that never happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, nuclear weapons have taken a backseat in most people\u2019s minds. But for Global Strike Command (AFGSC)\u2014the Air Force unit in control of two of the three legs of America\u2019s nuclear triad\u2014their mission remains top priority. And it\u2019s an unforgiving business. Nuclear deterrence requires extreme levels of readiness [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,43,9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-business","category-military","category-nuclear-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}