What follows is a hypothetical scenario of the United States responding to an incoming nuclear attack. Though the full nuclear launch process remains classified, many of the harrowing details have been made public via declassified documents and reports from those who have been on the inside. Much of the information is based on the testimony and scholarship of the late Bruce Blair, a former missile launch officer and nuclear security expert, and William J. Perry, a former U.S. defense secretary.…’ — Mackenzie Knight-Boyle via Washington Post