I would hope that the U.S. would have tightly controlled and traceable “Weapons Launch Authority” procedures. In peacetime, that could go up the chain all the way to POTUS. For high value targets, POTUS could delegate down the chain if the target is fleeting.
You see, that sort of thinking is our problem. It is obsolete pacifist clap trap
Our hands have been tied by the European pacifists that have taken control of war. In our case and that of Israel, our enemies hide in plain sight knowing we are not allowed to use our air power to kill them
We know where they are hiding. We should be allowed to go there and to kill them. If they hide behind their children, that is bad luck for the children