Annie Jacobsen

And then, of course, the ultimate danger, which was a fact so astonishing I had to actually confirm it with Leon Panetta because I simply couldn't believe this is true, that an ICBM, a U.S. ICBM launched from the Middle West to hit Pyongyang, which is what would happen if a bolt out of blue attack happened against the United States, a single weapon. if it was launched by North Korea.

And then, of course, the ultimate danger, which was a fact so astonishing I had to actually confirm it with Leon Panetta because I simply couldn't believe this is true, that an ICBM, a U.S. ICBM launched from the Middle West to hit Pyongyang, which is what would happen if a bolt out of blue attack happened against the United States, a single weapon. if it was launched by North Korea.

If we were to launch ICBMs from the Middle West at North Korea, they do not have enough range to reach Pyongyang without traveling over Russia. In the crisis moment, in situations that you are talking about are happening in seconds and minutes, not hours and days.

If we were to launch ICBMs from the Middle West at North Korea, they do not have enough range to reach Pyongyang without traveling over Russia. In the crisis moment, in situations that you are talking about are happening in seconds and minutes, not hours and days.

If we were to launch ICBMs from the Middle West at North Korea, they do not have enough range to reach Pyongyang without traveling over Russia. In the crisis moment, in situations that you are talking about are happening in seconds and minutes, not hours and days.

The reality that the Russian president could think, would almost certainly think those nuclear weapons were coming for him, is almost undebatable. And that is where you could have that full-scale nuclear exchange that former STRATCOM commander General Keillor warned me to warn you about.

The reality that the Russian president could think, would almost certainly think those nuclear weapons were coming for him, is almost undebatable. And that is where you could have that full-scale nuclear exchange that former STRATCOM commander General Keillor warned me to warn you about.

The reality that the Russian president could think, would almost certainly think those nuclear weapons were coming for him, is almost undebatable. And that is where you could have that full-scale nuclear exchange that former STRATCOM commander General Keillor warned me to warn you about.

Yes. I think that one... way of thinking and talking about the Golden Dome, which The president ordered and, you know, right after taking office, asked for bids, gave 90 days for them. It's obviously very serious. Some of those bids have come in. You have SpaceX and Anduril, among others, leading that.

Yes. I think that one... way of thinking and talking about the Golden Dome, which The president ordered and, you know, right after taking office, asked for bids, gave 90 days for them. It's obviously very serious. Some of those bids have come in. You have SpaceX and Anduril, among others, leading that.

Yes. I think that one... way of thinking and talking about the Golden Dome, which The president ordered and, you know, right after taking office, asked for bids, gave 90 days for them. It's obviously very serious. Some of those bids have come in. You have SpaceX and Anduril, among others, leading that.

So clearly this is going to be, you know, very high and now still entirely classified technologies that have to do with CubeSats and... concepts that very few of us, certainly me, know the technical specifications on because they're still being developed and they're obviously classified.

So clearly this is going to be, you know, very high and now still entirely classified technologies that have to do with CubeSats and... concepts that very few of us, certainly me, know the technical specifications on because they're still being developed and they're obviously classified.

So clearly this is going to be, you know, very high and now still entirely classified technologies that have to do with CubeSats and... concepts that very few of us, certainly me, know the technical specifications on because they're still being developed and they're obviously classified.

So you have to I have to hold both of those ideas on in balance because no doubt the Iron Dome is not the gold. I mean, the Iron Dome that everyone wants to make the analogy is just simply a bad analogy because Iron Dome we're talking about what's in Israel is very effective with short range rockets and perhaps even middle range rockets. But not long range ICBMs.

So you have to I have to hold both of those ideas on in balance because no doubt the Iron Dome is not the gold. I mean, the Iron Dome that everyone wants to make the analogy is just simply a bad analogy because Iron Dome we're talking about what's in Israel is very effective with short range rockets and perhaps even middle range rockets. But not long range ICBMs.

So you have to I have to hold both of those ideas on in balance because no doubt the Iron Dome is not the gold. I mean, the Iron Dome that everyone wants to make the analogy is just simply a bad analogy because Iron Dome we're talking about what's in Israel is very effective with short range rockets and perhaps even middle range rockets. But not long range ICBMs.

And for listeners, let me just give you a detail that might allow them to kind of visualize this and bring it home instead of being a hypothetical. And then I'll go back to Iron Golden Dome. And I'm curious more about what you think, which is that, you know, as it was explained to me to MIT physicist, Professor Emeritus Ted Postol.

And for listeners, let me just give you a detail that might allow them to kind of visualize this and bring it home instead of being a hypothetical. And then I'll go back to Iron Golden Dome. And I'm curious more about what you think, which is that, you know, as it was explained to me to MIT physicist, Professor Emeritus Ted Postol.

And for listeners, let me just give you a detail that might allow them to kind of visualize this and bring it home instead of being a hypothetical. And then I'll go back to Iron Golden Dome. And I'm curious more about what you think, which is that, you know, as it was explained to me to MIT physicist, Professor Emeritus Ted Postol.