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The Red button

Three-star General Max Miles was finishing his duty in an underoun mine with a nuclean installation. His mood was clearly spoiled today, his body was shivering slightly, everything was falling from the terrible pain that today's duty brought.

And now well things were going before that ill-fated Day. He had Bee without a vacatig, for many years, And now He finally had the opportunity to go with his family to Miami lsland, sun bathe on the beach, And not sit in a dungeon And stare intently at the control panel of a nuclear missile. Pelax, take off the tension that has accumulated over the past few years due to the world situation that has piled up like a fireball, play golf. But this ill-fated Day broke all his plans. And how well it started yes ter Day. He And his wife Jimmy spen a whole week preparing for their vacation And finally all the necessary things were pasked, suitcases were packed, plane tickets to Miami were bought, there was only one thing leftto get on the plane And say goodbye Virginia, helloy Miami.

But this shift disrupted all his1|42~SwiftKey plans And added gray strands of nair to his head. The morning shift, as u sual, began with a report, the situation in the world, although tension reigned in the air, But it did not portend anything bad. His shift on duty took their places according to the staff sche dule, he took his place at the main console. Max Millie's had already begun to yawn, occasionally receiving reports from the team on duty, but suddenly a reports came from the p+worid situation monitoring console that changed the whole subseguent life of the general. There was an analert about the Launch of a nuclear missile from Russian. Everything was decided in a split second. The general's hand was already on the Red button for launching a nuclear missile aimed at Russian ckties. Cold sweat trickled down hjs cheeks And drops of sweat fell on the control panel with such a roar in this suddenly silence, as If hundredsof small bombs were falling And exploding. The hair on his head instantly turned from Black to ash-gray. Max Millie's mind was in complete turmoil, there was also the time of the approach of a Russian nuclear missile to the coast of the United States, his wife And children. Charlie's beloved dog, Who were probably, sitting in the lobby now And peacefully discussing their upcoming trip. During this scanty time, his whole life, childhood, youth, studies at the mjlktary academy, the first years of service And finally receiving the mjlktary rank of General flew before the eyes of the general.