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title: "NTI Launch Hair Trigger Game"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:46:20+00:00"
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#  NTI Launch Hair Trigger Game

 Written by Gwyn Winfield on 27 July 2020.

### Nuclear weapons are on hair-trigger alert, ready to be fired at a moment’s notice. As President, can you change the game?

At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union put their nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert, ready to retaliate against a surprise attack. Even now, decades later, the United States and Russia combined have about 1,700 missiles armed, aimed, and ready to fire in minutes.

What if a warning of an incoming attack turns out to be false—but a U.S. or Russian president doesn’t learn that until after ordering a retaliatory strike? What if a command-and-control system is hacked to spoof an incoming attack?

As President of the United States, you’ll navigate competing pressures to build domestic support and manage international relations, in a race against time to cooperate with Russia to remove all nuclear weapons from hair-trigger status. The game offers a fun and engaging challenge designed to generate curiosity, conversation, and action—but the risks couldn’t be more real.

**This is a game, but nuclear threats are real.**

Join the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonpartisan, non-profit global security organization reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity. Get our updates or visit our [Safer World Action page](https://hairtriggergame.org/action/) to see how you can help build a safer world.

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