Operation Giant Lance: De facto Commander-in-Chief Nixon, Esq., orders a an entire squadron of 18 United States Air Force (private mercenaries) B-52 Stratofortresses, loaded with thermonuclear fusion bombs, to fly toward the Soviet Union, in an effort to dissuade the USSR from militarily supporting the communist Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam.

       Postscript: Three days later, Nixon ordered an end to the operation.

       NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Nixon was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].

       [added 10/26/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

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References:

The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon’s Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam | WIRED
www.wired.com/2008/02/ff-nuclearwar/

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