Let's see how that would work for a Hillary Presidency:
From a dead sleep, Huma tries to rouse Hillary, this will take at least 10 minutes.
Huma helps Hillary out of bed. Hillary stands up, does a vertical seizure like she did on 9/11. The "Black Man in Black" gives her an injection, tossed Hillary in the undercover handicap van, and rushes Hillary to Chelsea's apartment. This takes 4 hours, Washington to New York.
While at Chelsea's apartment, Hillary is found to be dehydrated - self imposed due to the discomfort of incontinence, passed out, strikes her head, again, and needs brain surgery. This takes another 3 hours.
Hillary recovers. Her staff gives her a ceremonial football helmet with the Presidential seal on the side for the "next time there is a nuclear attack". This takes two months.
Hillary is asked for the location of the nuclear codes. She does not remember. A House Oversight meeting is held, and Hillary repeats that she cannot recall due to her head injury. The Committee goes into recess. This takes 3 months.
WikeLeaks finds the nuclear codes in the email of John Podesta, Sid Blumenthal, and Donna Brazile (and by extension in the email of a CNN reporter). This takes 30 seconds. Ultimately, the nuclear codes are found on the table of the Map Room in the White House.
The nuclear codes are found, a counter attack is launched, but alas it is too late since America is a vast nuclear wasteland from multiple missile attacks from Russia, North Korea, and our newest "partner in peace", The Islamic Republic of Iran.
Bottom line: Hillary leaks the high-security 4 minute nuclear response time, which is actually closer to 4 months in the Clinton Regime, she sees the destruction, and says: "Four minutes? What difference, at this point does it make?"
I know you’re joking, but you raise a real concern.
4 minutes to launch does not mean 4 minutes from crisis to launch.
Everything you mention is a reality. At a minimum, someone has to explain the need for a launch.