"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."
Instead of delegating launch authority to more people in the case of decapitation attack, let's just automate it. Seems like a big conceptual jump without a good reason.
I'll give you a reason. In my fifty years I've noticed that in the US at least leaders are becoming increasing responsibility adverse. Fearful even.
I'm guessing they've never seen some of James Cameron's early works.