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Inside the Pentagon's nuclear war game
Manage episode 520288992 series 3688436
Journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Tom to discuss her bestselling and harrowing book Nuclear War: A Scenario, which maps out in minute-by-minute detail what would happen if a single nuclear missile were launched at the United States. Drawing on rare on-the-record interviews with senior nuclear experts, she reveals how little time a president has to respond, how unreliable missile defenses truly are, and why even a lone strike could trigger global annihilation. Tom and Annie explore the catastrophic aftermath and the grim reality that no nation, however distant, would be spared. With nuclear tensions rising and key treaties expiring, the episode confronts an urgent question: whether nuclear war is becoming inevitable, and what humanity can still do to prevent it.
Host: Tom Newton Dunn
Guest: Annie Jacobsen
Photo: Getty Images
Get in touch: [email protected]
Further listening: A new age of nuclear weapons
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30 episodes
Manage episode 520288992 series 3688436
Journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Tom to discuss her bestselling and harrowing book Nuclear War: A Scenario, which maps out in minute-by-minute detail what would happen if a single nuclear missile were launched at the United States. Drawing on rare on-the-record interviews with senior nuclear experts, she reveals how little time a president has to respond, how unreliable missile defenses truly are, and why even a lone strike could trigger global annihilation. Tom and Annie explore the catastrophic aftermath and the grim reality that no nation, however distant, would be spared. With nuclear tensions rising and key treaties expiring, the episode confronts an urgent question: whether nuclear war is becoming inevitable, and what humanity can still do to prevent it.
Host: Tom Newton Dunn
Guest: Annie Jacobsen
Photo: Getty Images
Get in touch: [email protected]
Further listening: A new age of nuclear weapons
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 episodes
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