Have you read this? I just heard the claim that nukes don't actually exist for the first time on a podcast the other day. I enjoyed this wide-ranging episode and was tracking with Peter Duke until he went there, and then I thought he had gone into crazy-land (and I think the host thought so, too).

https://fountain.fm/episode/vFQ1ln3nH3GbJwlhFtP3 

 Very interesting, but I would protest that continuity of symbols doesn't prove continuity of command