The passcode is ceremonial. And cute, I guess. There are eleven time zones in Russia. There are eleven people on the inner committee. Or whatever. It’s Suslov’s private joke.” The room went quiet. Just the hum of electricity and the hiss of air. In the silence Tyler asked, “Why underneath the Kremlin? What is this algorithm guarding?” At first no one answered. As if words didn’t work anymore. Then Ramsey said, “Control of the Russian nuclear arsenal.”
