Never underestimate the ability of human beings to go along with, and justify in their minds, a bad idea.
How does any tyrant do the things they do without enough people willing to go along with it?
Actually, your idea of rogue Air Force pilots shooting down an unscheduled launch of an ICBM is classic B-movie material. As long as there are three pilots and there's some love triangle sub-plot involved. Plus, one of them has to die in some meaningless and tragic way.
How does any tyrant do the things they do without enough people willing to go along with it?
Actually, your idea of rogue Air Force pilots shooting down an unscheduled launch of an ICBM is classic B-movie material. As long as there are three pilots and there's some love triangle sub-plot involved. Plus, one of them has to die in some meaningless and tragic way.