Because the perpetrator of the nuclear attack is never identified, the senior military officer at United States Strategic Command advises POTUS to execute an all-out nuclear blitz on all possible suspected enemy nuclear powers simultaneously.
"That is the point we wanted to make," Oppenheim told Deadline. "Even in the best-case scenario, if you had a president who is thoughtful, responsible, informed, deliberative—to ask someone, anyone, to make a decision about the fate of all mankind in a matter of minutes while he’s running for his life simultaneously is insane."