Word: bomb-dropping
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...relays it to General Power, who relays it to his commands. In a catastrophe situation with the President out of action, the order can be given by a complex of top officials in Washington. And even beyond Fail Safe point and all the way to bomb-drop point, the war order can be reversed and the aircraft called home. Fail Safe, says Air Force General Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is foolproof...