Annie Jacobsen

And for the first time in decades, nuclear threats are actually coming out of the mouths of leaders. This is shocking.

And for the first time in decades, nuclear threats are actually coming out of the mouths of leaders. This is shocking.

Well, when when nuclear war starts, there's no like battle for New York or battle for Moscow. It's just literally, you know, it was called in the Cold War push button warfare. But in essence, that is that is what it is. Let's get some numbers on the table, if you don't mind. Right. Because when you're saying like, wait a minute, we're just hoping that it holds. Right.

Well, when when nuclear war starts, there's no like battle for New York or battle for Moscow. It's just literally, you know, it was called in the Cold War push button warfare. But in essence, that is that is what it is. Let's get some numbers on the table, if you don't mind. Right. Because when you're saying like, wait a minute, we're just hoping that it holds. Right.

Well, when when nuclear war starts, there's no like battle for New York or battle for Moscow. It's just literally, you know, it was called in the Cold War push button warfare. But in essence, that is that is what it is. Let's get some numbers on the table, if you don't mind. Right. Because when you're saying like, wait a minute, we're just hoping that it holds. Right.

Let's just talk about Russia and the U.S., the arsenals that are literally pointed at one another right now. Right. So the United States has 1,770 nuclear weapons deployed, meaning those weapons could launch in as little as 60 seconds and up to a couple minutes. Some of them on the bombers might take an hour or so. Russia has 1,674 deployed nuclear weapons. Same scenario.

Let's just talk about Russia and the U.S., the arsenals that are literally pointed at one another right now. Right. So the United States has 1,770 nuclear weapons deployed, meaning those weapons could launch in as little as 60 seconds and up to a couple minutes. Some of them on the bombers might take an hour or so. Russia has 1,674 deployed nuclear weapons. Same scenario.

Let's just talk about Russia and the U.S., the arsenals that are literally pointed at one another right now. Right. So the United States has 1,770 nuclear weapons deployed, meaning those weapons could launch in as little as 60 seconds and up to a couple minutes. Some of them on the bombers might take an hour or so. Russia has 1,674 deployed nuclear weapons. Same scenario.

Their weapon systems are on par with ours. That's not to mention the 12,500 nuclear weapons amongst the nine nuclear-armed nations. But when you think about those kind of arsenals just between the United States and Russia, and you realize everything can be launched in seconds and minutes, then you realize the madness of mad, that this idea that

Their weapon systems are on par with ours. That's not to mention the 12,500 nuclear weapons amongst the nine nuclear-armed nations. But when you think about those kind of arsenals just between the United States and Russia, and you realize everything can be launched in seconds and minutes, then you realize the madness of mad, that this idea that

Their weapon systems are on par with ours. That's not to mention the 12,500 nuclear weapons amongst the nine nuclear-armed nations. But when you think about those kind of arsenals just between the United States and Russia, and you realize everything can be launched in seconds and minutes, then you realize the madness of mad, that this idea that

No one would launch because it would assure everyone's destruction. Yes, but what if someone did? And in my interviews with scores of top-tier national security advisors, people who advise the president, people who are responsible for these decisions if they had to be made, every single one of them said it could happen. They didn't say this would never happen. And so the idea...

No one would launch because it would assure everyone's destruction. Yes, but what if someone did? And in my interviews with scores of top-tier national security advisors, people who advise the president, people who are responsible for these decisions if they had to be made, every single one of them said it could happen. They didn't say this would never happen. And so the idea...

No one would launch because it would assure everyone's destruction. Yes, but what if someone did? And in my interviews with scores of top-tier national security advisors, people who advise the president, people who are responsible for these decisions if they had to be made, every single one of them said it could happen. They didn't say this would never happen. And so the idea...

is worth thinking about because I believe that it pulls back the veil on a fundamental security that if someone were to use a tactical nuclear weapon, oh well, it's just an escalation. It's far more than that.

is worth thinking about because I believe that it pulls back the veil on a fundamental security that if someone were to use a tactical nuclear weapon, oh well, it's just an escalation. It's far more than that.

is worth thinking about because I believe that it pulls back the veil on a fundamental security that if someone were to use a tactical nuclear weapon, oh well, it's just an escalation. It's far more than that.

Oh my God, almost certainly. And again, every person in the national security environment will agree with that, right? Certainly on the American side. Strategic weapons, those are like big weapons systems. America has a nuclear triad. We have our ICBMs, which are the silo-based missiles that have a nuclear warhead in the nose cone.

Oh my God, almost certainly. And again, every person in the national security environment will agree with that, right? Certainly on the American side. Strategic weapons, those are like big weapons systems. America has a nuclear triad. We have our ICBMs, which are the silo-based missiles that have a nuclear warhead in the nose cone.

Oh my God, almost certainly. And again, every person in the national security environment will agree with that, right? Certainly on the American side. Strategic weapons, those are like big weapons systems. America has a nuclear triad. We have our ICBMs, which are the silo-based missiles that have a nuclear warhead in the nose cone.