Just How Likely Is A Global Nuclear War? - Annie Jacobsen
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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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?
1:02:35 Where to Find Annie
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