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To: FreedomCalls
OK, we've got that settled. Does a state have the right to own a nuclear weapon -- as a part of its National Guard arsenal or otherwise?

No. Nuclear weapons release authority belongs to the President of the United States or his constitutionally designated successors if the President is dead or unavailable.

In the good old days of yore, some National Guard units operated Nike-Ajax. However, the officers in command of those units were Regular Army, the weapons were owned by the AEC and entrusted to the regular US military custodial units, and the Guard units were on permanent federal callup for the duration of the mission.

389 posted on 10/31/2003 3:12:36 PM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: Poohbah
OK, how about the other direction. Does a superstate like the European Union or NATO have a right to own nuclear weapons?
390 posted on 10/31/2003 3:22:28 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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