NORAD

NORAD directs North American aerospace defense, integrating radar, warning, and missile control across US-Canada borders. Toby Ziegler invokes it to challenge reliance on human judgment in crises, questioning if silo crews would bypass it for independent launches during attack scenarios. This underscores NORAD's position as the centralized authority ensuring coordinated response over isolated decisions, a linchpin in preventing errors like the meteor false alarm.