Annie Jacobsen

Yeah. Okay, so imagine this. Imagine being the president. You got that six-minute win. You're looking at your list of strike options. You're being briefed by your chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and your SECTAF. And this other really spooky detail happens.

Yeah. Okay, so imagine this. Imagine being the president. You got that six-minute win. You're looking at your list of strike options. You're being briefed by your chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and your SECTAF. And this other really spooky detail happens.

In the STRATCOM bunker, in addition to the nuclear strike advisor who can answer very specific questions if the president's like, wait a minute, why are we striking that and not that? There's also a weather officer.

In the STRATCOM bunker, in addition to the nuclear strike advisor who can answer very specific questions if the president's like, wait a minute, why are we striking that and not that? There's also a weather officer.

In the STRATCOM bunker, in addition to the nuclear strike advisor who can answer very specific questions if the president's like, wait a minute, why are we striking that and not that? There's also a weather officer.

And this is the kind of human detail that kept me up at night because that weather officer is in charge of explaining to the president really fast how many people are going to die and how many people are going to die in minutes, weeks, months, and years from radiation fallout.

And this is the kind of human detail that kept me up at night because that weather officer is in charge of explaining to the president really fast how many people are going to die and how many people are going to die in minutes, weeks, months, and years from radiation fallout.

And this is the kind of human detail that kept me up at night because that weather officer is in charge of explaining to the president really fast how many people are going to die and how many people are going to die in minutes, weeks, months, and years from radiation fallout.

Yes. Yes. And so these kinds of the humanness, you know, balanced out with the mechanization of it all is it's just really grotesque.

Yes. Yes. And so these kinds of the humanness, you know, balanced out with the mechanization of it all is it's just really grotesque.

Yes. Yes. And so these kinds of the humanness, you know, balanced out with the mechanization of it all is it's just really grotesque.

Okay, ready? It's going to fly in circles. That's where it's going. It's flying in circles around the United States of America so that nuclear weapons can be launched anywhere. from the air after the ground systems are taken out by the incoming ICBMs or the incoming submarine-launched ballistic missiles. This has been in play since the 50s.

Okay, ready? It's going to fly in circles. That's where it's going. It's flying in circles around the United States of America so that nuclear weapons can be launched anywhere. from the air after the ground systems are taken out by the incoming ICBMs or the incoming submarine-launched ballistic missiles. This has been in play since the 50s.

Okay, ready? It's going to fly in circles. That's where it's going. It's flying in circles around the United States of America so that nuclear weapons can be launched anywhere. from the air after the ground systems are taken out by the incoming ICBMs or the incoming submarine-launched ballistic missiles. This has been in play since the 50s.

These are the contingency plans for when nuclear war happens. So again, going back to this absurd paradox, nuclear war will never happen. Mutual assured destruction, that is why deterrence will hold. Well, I found a talk that the deputy director of STRATCOM gave to a very close-knit group where he said, yes, deterrence will hold, but if it fails, everything unravels.

These are the contingency plans for when nuclear war happens. So again, going back to this absurd paradox, nuclear war will never happen. Mutual assured destruction, that is why deterrence will hold. Well, I found a talk that the deputy director of STRATCOM gave to a very close-knit group where he said, yes, deterrence will hold, but if it fails, everything unravels.

These are the contingency plans for when nuclear war happens. So again, going back to this absurd paradox, nuclear war will never happen. Mutual assured destruction, that is why deterrence will hold. Well, I found a talk that the deputy director of STRATCOM gave to a very close-knit group where he said, yes, deterrence will hold, but if it fails, everything unravels.

And think about that word, unravels, right? And the unraveling is, you know, the doomsday plane launches. The STRATCOM commander jumps in. He's in that plane. He's flying around the United States. And he's making decisions because the Pentagon's been taken out. At 9-11, by the way, Bush was in the doomsday plane.

And think about that word, unravels, right? And the unraveling is, you know, the doomsday plane launches. The STRATCOM commander jumps in. He's in that plane. He's flying around the United States. And he's making decisions because the Pentagon's been taken out. At 9-11, by the way, Bush was in the doomsday plane.

And think about that word, unravels, right? And the unraveling is, you know, the doomsday plane launches. The STRATCOM commander jumps in. He's in that plane. He's flying around the United States. And he's making decisions because the Pentagon's been taken out. At 9-11, by the way, Bush was in the doomsday plane.