Just How Likely Is A Global Nuclear War? - Annie Jacobsen - #778
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Just How Likely Is A Global Nuclear War? - Annie Jacobsen - #778
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Just How Likely Is A Global Nuclear War? - Annie Jacobsen - #778
Summary
Annie Jacobsen is a journalist, investigative reporter and an author.
The threat of nuclear war has loomed for over half a century now. But the question remains - just how close to nuclear armageddon are we and what would happen if the world went into a nuclear war.
Expect to learn how many nukes there are in the world right now, the most likely steps to an accidental nuclear war, what happens when a country fires the first nuke, which cities are the most likely targets of a nuclear strike, what the most powerful bomb in history was, how many people would die in a nuclear war between the US and Russia, how likely a nuclear war is in our future and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) How Many Nukes Exist?
(04:42) Where America’s Nukes Are
(09:33) Russian & Chinese Submarines Near America
(12:40) What Happens When a Nuke is Fired?
(21:24) How American Nuclear Silos Work
(25:12) Can We Intercept All Kinds of Missiles?
(28:38) Most Likely American Targets
(34:55) The Different Types of Bombs Today
(41:20) What Happens When Thermo-Nuclear Bombs Drop?
(51:23) The Closest We Ever Came to Nuclear War
(59:08) Is De-Escalation a Realistic Goal?
(01:02:35) Where to Find Annie
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