How a U.S. Nuclear Strike Actually Works

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
  • What would happen if the president of the United States wanted to launch a nuclear weapon? Here are the steps the commander-in-chief would need to take.
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  • @blaghmrblafh4348
    @blaghmrblafh4348 Před 5 lety +2409

    2:28 lololol, could u imagine if missiles could come back and land safely from their launch pad? Countries would be playing chicken with each other non stop.

    • @sidewinder3422
      @sidewinder3422 Před 5 lety +216

      Oh you mean like the the tech that SpaceX uses 😂

    • @yaabhii
      @yaabhii Před 5 lety +12

      😂😂

    • @robertlane5516
      @robertlane5516 Před 4 lety +13

      Not as pariniod russia is theyed think that it was a first strike trick and freak out

    • @robertlane5516
      @robertlane5516 Před 4 lety +4

      But that is funny

    • @Droobie03
      @Droobie03 Před 4 lety +6

      @wantafanta01 they can try doing what SpaceX does with their reusable rockets.

  • @wittypiddy4974
    @wittypiddy4974 Před 4 lety +2832

    A nuclear strike order is faster than my dominos pizza order.

    • @actionfire4036
      @actionfire4036 Před 4 lety +11

      Lol

    • @redactedgamer1975
      @redactedgamer1975 Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah.

    • @kazomazo6646
      @kazomazo6646 Před 4 lety +32

      And that is scary as Fu** !! How fast and easy could human be whipped out from the face of earth!! All the great artwork, building, technologies all people who we knew and loved just turned to dust splattered in the wind of scoured burning earth! It would be indeed the day of reckoning a sad day a dead day..

    • @lucabalzano136
      @lucabalzano136 Před 4 lety +17

      At least, if you are near enough, you can put your pizza on the window and let the radiation cook it in few seconds. That would be a 5/6 minutes pizza ❤️

    • @Subholik3
      @Subholik3 Před 3 lety +4

      Soo truer😂❤️

  • @cherrypoptart2001
    @cherrypoptart2001 Před 6 lety +2559

    USA : top tech technology design for precision and accuracy.
    Russia : bombs soo big that accuracy and precision is irrelevant

    • @joseruben7352
      @joseruben7352 Před 4 lety +52

      Very true

    • @KellerGmbHCoKG
      @KellerGmbHCoKG Před 4 lety +6

      Hahahaha

    • @ErnestJay88
      @ErnestJay88 Před 4 lety +144

      Who needs an "accuracy" when if your nukes misses 20 miles from the target, it still wipe out the entire city.

    • @device143
      @device143 Před 4 lety +8

      @Abdul Rehman sadly yes

    • @mickeyg7219
      @mickeyg7219 Před 4 lety +43

      @@ErnestJay88
      Just something technical, even if a 100 megaton nuke missed a city by 20 miles, most concrete and steel structures would be mostly intact. People out in the open will suffer a third degree burn though, but in a dense enough city, buildings should shield most of the population from the thermal radiation, they would be more worried about glass shards.

  • @crazykenproductions606
    @crazykenproductions606 Před 4 lety +2315

    We know why y'all are here.

  • @CodyRushDriving
    @CodyRushDriving Před 6 lety +3273

    "..cannot be called back" until SpaceX starts building em, that is.

    • @peacelord
      @peacelord Před 6 lety +115

      What they can't just screech to a halt like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon?

    • @Randomguy-wd5lw
      @Randomguy-wd5lw Před 6 lety +24

      for some reason ICBM cost less to operate than spacex rocket, they cost one millions per missile but they are single use (and reuse them would be useless as the base would probably be destroyed)

    • @kittikorn6674
      @kittikorn6674 Před 6 lety +10

      It would be more deadly tbh. Send nuclear warheads to orbit the earth then strike with tons of them together. Less fuel use.

    • @olivevkb
      @olivevkb Před 6 lety +24

      LOL, in a nuclear war, reusable rockets/missiles would be a joke. But in all other situations, FUCK YEAH!

    • @suckthis8210
      @suckthis8210 Před 6 lety +3

      Cody Rush until tom cruise shuts them offf

  • @SupperSakkir
    @SupperSakkir Před 4 lety +788

    *tension arises between US and Iran
    CZcams:hey do you wanna see how an nuclear weapon is launched?

    • @nishchayranjan6036
      @nishchayranjan6036 Před 4 lety +2

      Mohamed Zakeer lol

    • @vatsal9005
      @vatsal9005 Před 4 lety +2

      You tube knows the future

    • @m.b305
      @m.b305 Před 4 lety +6

      The only thing these recommended vids do is raise my anxiety

    • @Bobby-lv2kr
      @Bobby-lv2kr Před 3 lety +1

      Nothing is ever going to happen between the Giant USA and that tiny cockroach named Iran, its all war of worlds , The only purpose of Iran's existence is to attack Saudi Arabia

    • @dodi6841
      @dodi6841 Před 2 lety

      Now russia

  • @ram__ghanem
    @ram__ghanem Před 4 lety +830

    It takes 15 minutes to wipe out humanity moral of the story

    • @TheBeathingWar
      @TheBeathingWar Před 4 lety +3

      Exactly

    • @yellowcactustvz4929
      @yellowcactustvz4929 Před 4 lety +49

      Not completely wipe out, Switzerland is still here and still neutral

    • @MrCooldude4172
      @MrCooldude4172 Před 4 lety +41

      @@yellowcactustvz4929 you'd die from the effects

    • @cheesusfarley3959
      @cheesusfarley3959 Před 4 lety +11

      @@MrCooldude4172 nah they have bunkers for like 122% of the population, so they could have more people come in to the bunkers

    • @FedotDaNeTod
      @FedotDaNeTod Před 4 lety +11

      It takes few people to kill couple blillions in hour and few more billions from aftermath.

  • @markb2162
    @markb2162 Před 6 lety +3452

    Why you tellin everyone

    • @comicsarethebest8626
      @comicsarethebest8626 Před 6 lety +160

      lol

    • @BCCMightySanta
      @BCCMightySanta Před 6 lety +222

      Because this has been common knowledge for a long time now.

    • @muhammeddeen7563
      @muhammeddeen7563 Před 6 lety +13

      This way no one will blame only.trump. there are others to be blamed when this idiot eventually fires that missile

    • @mickeyg7219
      @mickeyg7219 Před 6 lety +29

      How can anyone do anything with this fact?

    • @AwoidElite
      @AwoidElite Před 6 lety +1

      give them a 5min warnint XD

  • @aleshiukas
    @aleshiukas Před 4 lety +761

    Trump: Siri, how many miles did I ran today ?
    Siri: Ok, sending missiles to Iran today.

  • @Gunshinzero
    @Gunshinzero Před 6 lety +207

    Man imagine how scary it would be to get a call like that when you're the guy who launches the missiles. Especially if it's a preemptive strike cause you know it's a game changer.

    • @aaronm9478
      @aaronm9478 Před 2 lety +14

      It is, and has been for over 60 years, the official policy of the United States to NEVER initiate a nuclear first-strike...for any reason. Our nuclear weapons capability has ALWAYS been referred to as a deterrent and/or DEFENSIVE capability.

    • @josept9729
      @josept9729 Před 2 lety +7

      @Aaron M The US does not have a no first use policy. Barack Obama wanted to change that when he was first elected, but was convinced that it would make NATO look weak.

    • @rabsmiff
      @rabsmiff Před 2 lety +2

      @@aaronm9478 JFK threatened the Reds with a first strike, back in '62, my friend.

    • @randomobserver8168
      @randomobserver8168 Před 2 lety

      @@aaronm9478 They've always been a deterrent to be sure, and for that reason a first strike out of the blue has always been fantastically unlikely, but they're a deterrent originally, first, and foremost, against the long feared and once plausible overwhelming Russian conventional military superiority, which once was real, and the start line was in central Germany, not 1000 miles farther east. So the US never had a no first strike policy for the obvious reason that it needed the fear of nuclear weapons to deter Soviet conventional attack on NATO that the US otherwise could not stop. So once such a Russian aggression had begun in Germany, the clock started.
      Of course, policy declarations notwithstanding, the Russians always intended to use nuclear weapons on a battlefield and regional scale from the first hour of that war, so it was all academic.

    • @randomobserver8168
      @randomobserver8168 Před 2 lety

      @Cecelia Austin Tricky balance. I wouldn't want them to be ordered to launch out of the blue in some lesser crisis, with their weapons being just weight to be thrown around, or even in a Crimson Tide scenario, as overkill retaliation against a terrorist type incident. But if some scenario comparable to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Europe happened, I think we were all assuming that submarine and missile site commanders would follow their orders. Of course, there's always the argument that at that point deterrence has failed, so better to accept conventional defeat than unleash armageddon, and I'm not unsympathetic. We just can't talk openly about that or deterrence has preemptively failed. The enemy has to assume the weapons will be launched.

  • @MrKockabilly
    @MrKockabilly Před 2 lety +115

    This only applies to launch-on-warning situation (where the enemy was detected to have already launched a nuclear weapon). If it's a first or pre-emptive strike, the President and advisers wouldn't have to do that in a hurry. In fact they should spend enough time necessary to think it over.

    • @roche_au
      @roche_au Před 2 lety +1

      The US doesn't practice a first strike policy anymore

    • @aauwhatitdo1582
      @aauwhatitdo1582 Před 2 lety +3

      @@roche_au Yeah right. If we had to, we would. "No First Strike" is a formality, in reality, Russia, China, and America are open to first strikes.

    • @aauwhatitdo1582
      @aauwhatitdo1582 Před 2 lety +1

      If it was a first strike, we would have to be in a hurry because the news would quickly reach enemies.

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState Před rokem

      ​@@roche_auYes they do. They are the only country on the planet which gives itself "the authority" to launch a preemptive nuclear first strike. If they didn't, they would sign a treaty.

  • @Gretschnut
    @Gretschnut Před 6 lety +491

    Subs only take 15 minutes more if you order them toasted or with extra toppings.

  • @SupperSakkir
    @SupperSakkir Před 4 lety +285

    So it's like Nutting, once it goes there is no taking back

  • @starbucks2101
    @starbucks2101 Před 5 lety +248

    But but hollywood says it has selfdestruct or disable even 1 second left before detonation

    • @X_A_ic
      @X_A_ic Před 5 lety +48

      starbucks2101 This is like finding out Santa isn’t real. Its like nutting once you’ve done it there is no cuming back😉

    • @jukodebu
      @jukodebu Před 5 lety +1

      @@X_A_ic why do straight guys pull their pants down all the way to their feet like a 5 year old go potty

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 Před 5 lety

      @@X_A_ic lol

    • @joedollarbiden9823
      @joedollarbiden9823 Před 4 lety +2

      @@jukodebu you don't have to be straight guy to cum Bruh.
      Gays and trans people can do also (if the trans dude is male)

    • @jrloyal2594
      @jrloyal2594 Před 4 lety

      @@X_A_ic 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @elleryYSBKWG
    @elleryYSBKWG Před 5 lety +120

    hey no fighting in the war room

    • @ace-x6m
      @ace-x6m Před 4 lety +1

      Okay call of duty 4

    • @samuelfischman6949
      @samuelfischman6949 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ace-x6m ok Dr Strangelove

    • @samuelfischman6949
      @samuelfischman6949 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes Dimitri hello Dmitry can you hear me Dimitri I can hear you just fine yes you're coming through fine now well then you are fine and I'm fine isn't that just fine

  • @sternpio
    @sternpio Před 6 lety +130

    The Pentagon: "Damn! Now we have to change the Challenge Code!"

    • @killman369547
      @killman369547 Před 5 lety +8

      except the president would receive a new authentication card to go along with the change, because when the chips are down and chinese or russian missiles are inbound the last thing anyone needs is some smartass in the pentagon saying "haha lulz i changed the code, get rekt n00bz".

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 Před 4 lety

      @@killman369547 lol

    • @siapasaya980
      @siapasaya980 Před 3 lety

      @@killman369547 oof

    • @Kaiyats
      @Kaiyats Před 3 lety

      I’m pretty sure it changes every day

  • @monkeypuzzle492
    @monkeypuzzle492 Před 6 lety +1717

    Now show us the chain of command for NORTH KOREA

    • @badlandsnation1417
      @badlandsnation1417 Před 6 lety +189

      North Korea in a nutshell : Imagine, the most horrendous, explosive diarrhea shit in your life and watching it refuse to flush. All the while screaming In very frustrated Korean.
      That... is North Korea’s visual chain of a Nuclear launch protocol.
      You’re welcome.

    • @cloroxbleach2488
      @cloroxbleach2488 Před 6 lety +102

      Probably just a button lmao

    • @Fede_uyz
      @Fede_uyz Před 6 lety +242

      Sure:
      Kim: launch
      Advisors: are you sur..
      Kim: Execute him and launch
      New advisors: Yes leader

    • @bigjtexas2309
      @bigjtexas2309 Před 6 lety +5

      Badlands Nation OH MY GOD YOU MAGNIFICENT MAN!!!!

    • @xyzhero8480
      @xyzhero8480 Před 6 lety +16

      Its Kim Jong-un thats all there needs to be. His role is completely different than a role of the president of the US .

  • @gitnthetruck
    @gitnthetruck Před 6 lety +16

    Fun fact: The keys in the silo are in separate containers with a padlock and the 2 guys don’t know each other codes. In case one of them wants to try to launch one without permission, the key holes in the silos are far enough apart so that one person can’t reach both of them at the same time. Pretty neat, never would have thought about that.

    • @tubescorpion
      @tubescorpion Před 6 lety

      Excellent that you watched the movie "War Games" & some others!

  • @taylorsmith2330
    @taylorsmith2330 Před 5 lety +223

    “once its fired a missile and its WARHEAD cannot be called back”
    the ending of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol:
    am i a joke to you?

    • @RayyanAshraf
      @RayyanAshraf Před 4 lety +1

      I was thinking the same!

    • @lauramoonshine7755
      @lauramoonshine7755 Před 4 lety +8

      These am I a joke to you lame jokes died last year kindly

    • @Myuutsuu85
      @Myuutsuu85 Před 3 lety +2

      @Kanye East that would be to much of a disadvantage in a real use scenario.
      Either the enemy could use this system, or your own launch crews may have second thoughts and terminate the missile.

    • @MrFriendlyCsgoContent
      @MrFriendlyCsgoContent Před 3 lety +2

      @@lauramoonshine7755 ok joke police

    • @louisthunder10announcement81
  • @OPBjorn
    @OPBjorn Před 2 lety +9

    I bet Biden would struggle with the challenge card lol

  • @nick-mf9cl
    @nick-mf9cl Před 6 lety +354

    Legend has it Chuck Norris is inside the missle and just uses it for transport.

  • @mreyeball3085
    @mreyeball3085 Před 6 lety +567

    Defcon: everybody dies

  • @ayebing
    @ayebing Před 5 lety +49

    I hope theyll talk about it for at least 45 seconds

  • @donniefleuryy.29
    @donniefleuryy.29 Před 3 lety +19

    *"Once it fires, a missile and it's warhead cannot be called back."*
    idk why, but that kinda hit hard.💀

  • @MAlanThomasII
    @MAlanThomasII Před 6 lety +42

    There are, in fact, multiple keys on a submarine. And legally, it requires three very specific officers to all agree to launch rather than two out of five crews. It is the one case in U.S. naval military law in which it is legal to disobey a direct order from the captain of the boat.
    More practically, the work involved requires the majority of the crew to agree or else they could mutiny (illegally) to stop the launch. You can't even open one of the safes that holds the launch keys without it sounding a shipwide alarm.

    • @tubescorpion
      @tubescorpion Před 6 lety +2

      "requires the majority of the crew to agree"?? Not sure where you're getting your information.

    • @MrKockabilly
      @MrKockabilly Před 2 lety

      Reminded me of the movie Crimson Tide, great movie

    • @kendallwi
      @kendallwi Před 2 lety +3

      @@tubescorpion it's a hypothetical. Basically they're saying, if the crew doesn't unanimously agree a mutiny could stop the launch from happening.

    • @covfefe1787
      @covfefe1787 Před 2 lety

      @@kendallwi they would be courtmartialed and charged with treason immediately launching nuclear missiles is war time decision and martial law is in place at that point for any military officer.

  • @boazthomassie4919
    @boazthomassie4919 Před 6 lety +1541

    only denzel washington can save us

  • @markfrost9826
    @markfrost9826 Před 6 lety +682

    At least the codes now are set at something other than ”0000 0000” as they were in the 60’s and early 70’s. Before the PAL system strategic air command worried feverishly about “first-strikes” - The ability of an enemy to nuke us in a way that prevents retaliation.

    • @nbyz
      @nbyz Před 6 lety +18

      That code wasn't discussed in this video - it's not equivalent to the presidential authentication or the launch authority authentication. It was a code on the launch controls in the minuteman control room that was meant to verify that the person entering the launch order in the silo was authorized. The White House ordered its installation in 1962, but Strategic Air Command (SAC) felt that it was redundant with the keys, the physical security at the installations, the complicated launch procedure and the "two man" rule and the "two control centre" rule. So SAC had them all set it to all zeros in the highly-secure minuteman locations.
      I believe the code system was used as the White House intended for certain forward deployed nuclear weapons, like those housed in Europe, where the possibility of being overrun by infantry was higher.

    • @SpoonTheAmazing
      @SpoonTheAmazing Před 6 lety +46

      To be fair..
      Who would have ever guessed that the most powerful weapons of the most powerful country were accessible with the passcode equivalent of "Password"

    • @markfrost9826
      @markfrost9826 Před 6 lety +3

      Sanguinius
      Lol. Yeah. Even after Kennedy ordered them changed SAC dragged their feet for years.
      Honestly, I’m fairly shocked the system has worked as well as it has. Although, I believe we know of about 80 “broken arrows”, instances where nukes go “missing“ administratively for a while. Meaning, the authorities don’t really know where they are at that moment.

    • @charliemulligan7394
      @charliemulligan7394 Před 6 lety +2

      Do you think a nuclear war will happen

    • @markfrost9826
      @markfrost9826 Před 6 lety +12

      Charlie Mulligan
      To answer this we need to qualify the word “war“.
      War is the ULTIMATE political expression. The purpose of war is to physically FORCE an opponent to yield to a different political will.
      On an anecdotal personal note, as an example, consider an intruder into my home in the wee hours of the night with the intent of robbing and/or killing me. The intruder possesses a political will. I myself of course also possess a political will (I want to keep my stuff and keep my life and defend my turf) which is why my home is pretty well armed with trained family members.
      Politically, weapons are nothing but “equalizers“. The USSR did not need nuclear weapons to successfully invade and conquer Western Europe. They ALWAYS said they would be the last to use nuclear weapons, and our response was ALWAYS something like, “thank you very much, but we will be the first“. Nukes would have been the ONLY way to stop the Soviets in their tracks if they invaded.
      We have only had one nuclear war, World War II, a war where we enjoyed the enviable position of possessing a monopoly on such weapons of terror. However, in the spirit of Game Theory, presume Japan developed nuclear weapons about the same time we did. Would we still have carried on the war? I think not. The “expected value” of a “win” now becomes too expensive.
      So in a really weird strange sense, nuclear weapons have been a sort of “blessing“ to humanity. In my judgment, it has massively reduced the probability of full-scale widespread “total wars“.
      Hence, we are not going to go to war with Russia, ever, because even if we “won” (we conquer and/or annihilate them) the “win” simply costs too much.
      Now, if we knew with metaphysical certainty, that we could completely annihilate them, and only lose say 100,000 people… Now the probability of such “total war“ massively increases. MAD “mutually assured destruction”.
      People forget that in the late 60s and early 70s,, during the Vietnam war (we’re Vietnam did NOT have nuclear weapons), the USA had mini vocal advocates of utilizing nuclear weapons against North Vietnam. China was not strong at all then, and didn’t scare us too much. But the Soviets did and although it is doubtful they would have actually utilized nuclear weapons to counter our nuclear weapons, our leaders decided it wasn’t worth the chance
      Focusing in on your question now, do I think we will ever have nuclear war? No, not in the “total war” concept I’ve been speaking of. Conflict between two large well armed nuclear powers, even if one side technically “wins“, the cost, again, is prohibitively expensive.
      What worries me, that is what I believe to be most probable, is regional conflicts.
      North Korea and the Middle East are problematic, given all of the strange alliance entanglements involved. I do not believe the leaders of North Korea are “crazy“ but actually quite the opposite. They are exceptionally rational, given the premises.
      If the Iraq war taught the world anything, it’s that if there is much probability that you might find yourself in armed conflict with the United States you better get some nuclear weapons first. Not to actually use them, but to make it more “expensive“ for an 800 pound gorilla of a country who historically likes to “punch down“.
      So let’s make a quick scenario. Trump invades North Korea utilizing conventional forces. It goes badly for the North Koreans, and as it becomes obvious to them that they have lost, knowing they can’t actually touch the US mainland, they do a “scorched earth“ act and fire what’re they have left at South Korea and perhaps China and/or Russia hoping to bring them in.
      But this is unlikely, so no, I do not believe the earth will ever have a massive nuclear exchange between countries. My opinion aside, yes it could happen, I could be wrong.

  • @oneeco
    @oneeco Před 6 lety +31

    "My button works!"
    Great, now *don't fucking touch it*

  • @memerous9582
    @memerous9582 Před 5 lety +31

    Kim: I have button
    Trump: I have bigger button
    Putin: amateurs
    Kim and Trump: what?
    Putin: AMATEURS

  • @GUMPNSTEIN
    @GUMPNSTEIN Před 4 lety +152

    I'm not sure Trump is gonna pass the Challenge Code.

    • @MrZaf2221
      @MrZaf2221 Před 4 lety +16

      GUMPNSTEIN He is president of the United States and made more money than you will ever earn. So shut your mouth snowflake.

    • @NoName-oq8qu
      @NoName-oq8qu Před 4 lety +23

      Rico Aarntzen Okay. I’m guessing you support Trump?

    • @GUMPNSTEIN
      @GUMPNSTEIN Před 4 lety +7

      @@MrZaf2221 I've made $88 Billion. But I paid $.19.99 in taxes last year, so you might be right, that $20 really screwed me cause Trump pays $0. And no you can never ever see my taxes.

    • @MrZaf2221
      @MrZaf2221 Před 4 lety +1

      GUMPNSTEIN Ofcourse he pays 0. He is a business man!! Every business wants to pay as less taxes as possible. Totally understandable.

    • @exp037a
      @exp037a Před 4 lety +1

      @@GUMPNSTEIN can you lend me some money I'm behind on bills and just switched jobs so it set me back financially

  • @almuhallabalsiyabi5771
    @almuhallabalsiyabi5771 Před 2 lety +12

    Am I the only one watching this cuz im paranoid about the russia-ukraine war

  • @jblob5764
    @jblob5764 Před 6 lety +47

    I find it odd that we have no way of disabling a launched missile... I get that it probably has to do with not wanting whoever is on the receiving end to be able to disable it mid flight. But it still strikes me as odd

    • @johnruiz6743
      @johnruiz6743 Před 2 lety +1

      Once it's on it's way, that's it! Bon Voyage! 💀

    • @slammerw3
      @slammerw3 Před rokem

      I saw a documentary where an old nuclear bunker technician said: there are no incoming signals to the ICBM. it is more advantageous to have that system. So whoever makes the decision to fire a nuke has to be resolute.

  • @uzairarshad4231
    @uzairarshad4231 Před 5 lety +5

    I can confirm that this is wrong information. It actually launches after 4-5 business days

  • @scottishbananaclan
    @scottishbananaclan Před 5 lety +17

    "And I oop" president of the U.S. -2023

  • @beansoup9966
    @beansoup9966 Před 5 lety +8

    can't wait to see the live action version of this.

  • @scottpittendrigh3718
    @scottpittendrigh3718 Před 6 lety +701

    What strikes me is how dated much of this equipment looks.

    • @augusto256
      @augusto256 Před 6 lety +472

      Scott Pittendrigh it's because that's an archive footage. The actual equipment information remains classified

    • @rozmartin2791
      @rozmartin2791 Před 6 lety +50

      thanks... if that was not Obvious to anyone else... then yikes ... our human intelligences are in such bad shape that a rain of warheads ... can merely add damage to damage already present

    • @AboxoroxRoxursox
      @AboxoroxRoxursox Před 6 lety +44

      Scott Pittendrigh Our icbms that were made in late 1960s are so advanced they have a end of service date of 2055. So think of our new stuff for a moment.

    • @craigdiaz884
      @craigdiaz884 Před 6 lety +7

      The God Emperors main focus is modernizing our military, that includes our nukes. Give it some time.

    • @Happy-Existentialist
      @Happy-Existentialist Před 6 lety +16

      In Wyoming they literally have a crowbar propping up the door to a nuclear missile. That's a fact. Look it up.

  • @sce2aux464
    @sce2aux464 Před 6 lety +7

    In the LGM-30 missile silos:
    "Skybird, this is Dropkick with a red dash alpha message in two parts. Break. Break. Stand by to verify; Red Dash Alpha: Sierra - Hotel - India - Tango - Yankee - Oscar - Uniform - Romeo - Papa - Alpha - November - Tango - Sierra."

    • @saxonsoldier67
      @saxonsoldier67 Před 5 lety +2

      I see what you did there. thanks for the deep belly chuckle.

  • @outdoorjeff7097
    @outdoorjeff7097 Před 4 lety +5

    War is so pointless. Every citizens from every country, if they get together they’d be powerful than the government. We could stop the war.

  • @nicotiutalupau6472
    @nicotiutalupau6472 Před 4 lety +65

    Obama: has had a total of 26,000 bombs or strikes done on the Middle East
    Society:
    Trump: tweets about a bomb
    Society: AHMAHGAWDHESSOSTUPID

    • @Mirsab
      @Mirsab Před 4 lety

      That's why Bernie

    • @tawfek4483
      @tawfek4483 Před 4 lety +8

      Nuclear bomb>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 26,000 dronestrikes

    • @user-lb8cq1eu2j
      @user-lb8cq1eu2j Před 4 lety +2

      Spectrum he did not actually launch the missle. he just tweeted about it

  • @MightyOnion
    @MightyOnion Před 5 lety +53

    A missile and it's warhead cannot be held back once firing... Sounds familiar 😏😏😏

  • @pax84111
    @pax84111 Před 6 lety +109

    Turn your key Sir!

    • @TheJoeSwanon
      @TheJoeSwanon Před 6 lety +8

      pax84111 Great scene but I always wondered what use is it going to be to shoot him? A dead man definitely is not going to turn the key

    • @WednesdayAddamsMW
      @WednesdayAddamsMW Před 6 lety

      12BJJohnson
      It was also referenced in "Bee Movie."

    • @thejasonknightfiascoband5099
      @thejasonknightfiascoband5099 Před 5 lety

      🤣🤣🤣😂🤣

    • @adamschaeffer4057
      @adamschaeffer4057 Před 3 lety

      @@TheJoeSwanon But at the moment of truth a man might be motivated to turn a key instead of taking a bullet to the head. Twenty million people (enemies) might not sound like such bad thing if the alternative is your own life. It's not a moral conundrum, humans are hard wired to preserve their own life. In that moment a person's moral compass is turned off and the brain is now controlled by base instincts and the need to survive. If he still didn't turn the key well the other guy sure doesn't want to be stuck down a hole with a damn traitor so he's better off blowing you away no matter the outcome.

  • @Brian-zl8qj
    @Brian-zl8qj Před 2 lety +8

    Biden would fall asleep getting to the button!!!

    • @Tony-112
      @Tony-112 Před 2 lety +2

      ...Or on the button!

  • @seanstewart2469
    @seanstewart2469 Před 5 lety +10

    A nuclear missile usually explodes before it hits the ground.

    • @mikethewise2000
      @mikethewise2000 Před 5 lety +8

      which does more damage than an earth impact

    • @shockwave6213
      @shockwave6213 Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly

    • @amkrause2004
      @amkrause2004 Před 2 lety +1

      Correct. Can't remember the numbers exactly. But a ground burst is usually about 300 ft to about 5000 ft above surface. And anything above say 5000 ft is an air busrt.

  • @alekxu
    @alekxu Před 5 lety +9

    Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!

  • @lynodavinci1158
    @lynodavinci1158 Před 6 lety +42

    "They got money for war but cant feed the poor" RIP Tupac

    • @anticommunist4152
      @anticommunist4152 Před 4 lety +8

      Tell that to russia who spend almost everything on nuclear.

    • @whiteevropean
      @whiteevropean Před 4 lety +4

      Lyno Davinci what the actual fuck has pac have to do with this

    • @synumeds
      @synumeds Před 4 lety

      @@whiteevropean nothing but his quote just stating facts the wealthy can spend money all on war but not the poor the ones that are in need

    • @gavinhanson9213
      @gavinhanson9213 Před 4 lety +3

      synuʍɐds Yea because giving money to poor people who don’t want to change really helps them 😂 That’s not how that works. You could give every broke person $50,000 & they would be broke again in a year or less because they don’t know how to manage there money. Being given something for nothing teaches them nothing in the long run.

    • @hassanalhakeem5664
      @hassanalhakeem5664 Před 4 lety

      @@gavinhanson9213 wrong
      They said like thar because they don't want to help

  • @madhavdhilip
    @madhavdhilip Před 4 lety +8

    CZcams Recommendation on Point.
    5th January 2020

  • @devwreck192
    @devwreck192 Před 6 lety +27

    It's time we all start worrying about what kind of world we're going to leave for Keith Richards.

  • @MOTIVATIONBYDAR
    @MOTIVATIONBYDAR Před 6 lety +31

    I guess they are giving us a heads up.....

  • @allpaulsfault
    @allpaulsfault Před 5 lety +2

    War heads. Plural. Trident II 8-10 warheads. Minuteman III 1-3 warheads. Overall a better video than most.

  • @assaywhat
    @assaywhat Před 2 lety +1

    0:09 like him or not. that tweet was probably one of the most funniest of all time.

  • @PhantomSavage
    @PhantomSavage Před 5 lety +16

    Guys, its called "The Biscuit".. I think we're okay. If he decides to launch he'll just eat the code card by mistake, I think we'll be okay.

  • @kenmanapsal4071
    @kenmanapsal4071 Před 5 lety +20

    Im moving to mars.

  • @samazoid
    @samazoid Před 6 lety +13

    "that message is only about 150 characters long" was fully expecting him to say it was encoded and encrypted in Donald Trump's twitter drafts

  • @Ugo_Oga
    @Ugo_Oga Před 4 lety +3

    Missile cannot be called back! Yes you can’t call it back but the missiles have a fail safe system built in to them. They can terminate the missile before it reach its destination. This system was built in case of issues such as change of mind or rogue missiles etc.

  • @Crimson-Hat
    @Crimson-Hat Před 3 lety +5

    This suddenly hits different today...

  • @johnruiz6743
    @johnruiz6743 Před 2 lety +3

    Guess the launch system doesn't work the same in NK? So imagine one day Kim Jong is angry and pounding on his desk and accidentally hits the 'button'? 🤔💀

  • @joshhamlett312
    @joshhamlett312 Před 3 lety +4

    Back in my day, I pressed one button on my walkie talkie, and the people had 10 seconds to pray before we all got decimated.

  • @sethdavid898
    @sethdavid898 Před 4 lety +12

    Who is here after the whole WW3 thing

  • @Harris.S
    @Harris.S Před 2 lety +2

    I hope this will never ever happen

  • @B17tailgunner
    @B17tailgunner Před 5 lety +22

    Clear concise video. Thank you.
    Although I do have one question, at which point does Trump go on Twitter and tweet about it?

  • @joelbell9082
    @joelbell9082 Před 2 lety +4

    What to do if there is a hypersonic nuclear missile making impact in the United States and Biden can't make a decision to retaliate what happens then

    • @christiansotelo55
      @christiansotelo55 Před 2 lety

      That's exactly the thing I've been wondering because all Biden wants to do is sanction Putin.

  •  Před 6 lety +44

    *Ink Spots playing in the background*

  • @bastianrivero
    @bastianrivero Před 4 lety +17

    Hope it never happens since i actually like earth

  • @pratyushkumarmaharana
    @pratyushkumarmaharana Před 6 lety +7

    Reminded me the iconic scene of G.I. Joe: Retaliation.😂😂

  • @CantHandleThisCanYa
    @CantHandleThisCanYa Před rokem +1

    "Once they are launched the missiles cannot be called back" Yeah no duh.... that's why they have a scuttle charge on board. _All ICBMs and MRBMs have the ability to self destruct before warhead separation on final approach_

  • @theunraveler
    @theunraveler Před 5 lety +7

    "Nuclear launch detected!"

  • @shybester
    @shybester Před 5 lety +3

    These words are powerful when the presedent say it
    "Launch the missile."
    BOOOOOM

  • @aleks456
    @aleks456 Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you.
    Sincerely,
    Iran

  • @jayz4395
    @jayz4395 Před 4 lety +12

    "A missle and its warhead cannot be called back" but it can be shot down

    • @georgebugarin1078
      @georgebugarin1078 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, it CAN - but hitting a target moving at at least mach iv speed and at high altitude is a tough thing to do. You have a very small window and a small amount of time to figure out how small that window really is..but a lot of military technology is held back from public knowledge. Let's just hope no country is dumb enough to use a world ender.

    • @jayz4395
      @jayz4395 Před 4 lety +4

      @@georgebugarin1078 Russian avangard missile 8 times the speed of a regular missile the US openly stated the dont have a weapon that can match it so its safe to say that the avangard can shoot it down but hope it never comes to that

    • @edward3709
      @edward3709 Před 4 lety

      @@jayz4395 highly doubt Russia will do that. They're electronic warfare is literally the best in the world and they can fool the ICBM and redirect it

    • @amkrause2004
      @amkrause2004 Před 4 lety +1

      They'll only have a small window once the warhead starts its reentry you won't be able to see it on radar. Another way to look at it is trying to hit a moving bullet with a moving bullet

  • @harlem043
    @harlem043 Před 3 lety +2

    It is so weird that this video was the beginning of my love for nuclear weapons

  • @nextlevel1523
    @nextlevel1523 Před 6 lety +16

    President Trump doesn't call the wrong number!
    You answered the wrong phone! Trump2020

  • @mikehoncho1706
    @mikehoncho1706 Před 6 lety +6

    Who the hell wants to “call back” a nuclear weapon?!

    • @nv_chino
      @nv_chino Před 4 lety +1

      Mike Honcho one that doesn’t wanna end the world for the rest of the people.

  • @GrimmWarrior19
    @GrimmWarrior19 Před 6 lety +9

    Thanks for educating a lot of ignorant folks, it's not as simple as it's made out to be but it doesn't mean it can't happen fast.

    • @LouSaydus
      @LouSaydus Před 6 lety +1

      Considering it would literally end the world as we know it, 5 minutes is ridiculous and it being a single persons decision is absolute insanity.

    • @killman369547
      @killman369547 Před 5 lety +1

      +LouSaydus. it has to be one person's decision, because if it were left up to a group they'd get paralyzed with indecisiveness, enemy nukes would hit their targets uncontested and that would be game over.

    • @jamesdemile4181
      @jamesdemile4181 Před rokem

      @@killman369547 that’s true, but also that single person could be making a decision that nobody else wants. It is insanity to give that power to one single person. Especially an easily influenced one who has worsening dementia

  • @southeastoriginal5668
    @southeastoriginal5668 Před 2 lety +4

    Who’s here because of Russia? 2022?

  • @hawk_thua
    @hawk_thua Před 4 lety +1

    Iran:write that down
    North korea:write that down
    China:write that down

  • @beelzebub9921
    @beelzebub9921 Před 5 lety +6

    "It take a will of a single man to start a new global conflict"

    • @Puzzoozoo
      @Puzzoozoo Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah, Bibi or John Bolton, take your pick of those two assholes.

    • @nostromov7892
      @nostromov7892 Před 5 lety

      @@Puzzoozoo Sure, but how are (all of the) others any different... Politicians and wh*res, no difference.

    • @yellowcactustvz4929
      @yellowcactustvz4929 Před 4 lety

      No it doesn't

  • @199NickYT
    @199NickYT Před 4 lety +3

    "the meeting can take as little as 30 seconds"
    I'm PRETTY SURE this is only in such cases where a missile is already headed towards the US, right? I'm assuming MOST people in that room would want to take a bit longer than that to decide, assuming they were going to launch a first strike.

    • @alt-f4yourself494
      @alt-f4yourself494 Před 4 lety +1

      Absolutely. The only eventuality that would require the launching of our own nuclear arsenal would be that another country launched theirs first. Or so says our National Security Doctrine.

    • @nv_chino
      @nv_chino Před 4 lety +1

      Yes just like you said.

  • @gmailcom-ti5fq
    @gmailcom-ti5fq Před 4 lety +4

    The Prez : *Casually eats the biscuit*
    The rest of the people : 😫

  • @snorefest1621
    @snorefest1621 Před 3 lety +2

    "Once it fires, a missile and its warhead cannot be called back."
    SpaceX missiles: *chuckles*

  • @ddthebreadslayer793
    @ddthebreadslayer793 Před rokem

    This would make a great payday 2 mission, where on day one you get the codes from the president, and on day 2 you launch an empty nuke (no payload), to scare everyone out of a town so you can rob it

  • @tommy-ho1iu
    @tommy-ho1iu Před 5 lety +23

    This is actually how we are going to die.

    • @alex-wn2cb
      @alex-wn2cb Před 4 lety

      It’s really not

    • @lmao.3661
      @lmao.3661 Před 4 lety

      Lmao nah

    • @traze2963
      @traze2963 Před 4 lety

      arcs yes it is, get used to the idea that we’re all probably gonna die horrifically and the survivors will slowly die from radiation

    • @carlospomares3225
      @carlospomares3225 Před 4 lety +1

      You so certain about the future, friend?

  • @zahirsadiq3264
    @zahirsadiq3264 Před 2 lety +3

    More shocking is india recently but accidently fired a nuclear capable cruise missile into a neighbour country..

    • @mohamedismail6273
      @mohamedismail6273 Před 2 lety +1

      That's the power of made in india products 🤣 who knows how many nukes of India is actually a nuke

    • @mohamedismail6273
      @mohamedismail6273 Před 2 lety +1

      Inshallah thier nukes will fall on thier own head don't worry Allah has power over everything

  • @maryshaffer8474
    @maryshaffer8474 Před 2 lety +3

    That would be Biden.

  • @aqualife3389
    @aqualife3389 Před 4 lety +2

    Ethan Hunt can change tge fate of missle even if its fired

  • @williamlong144
    @williamlong144 Před 6 lety +1

    You guys skipped a step. The launch order must go from US Strategic Command to the TACAMO planes in the form of an Emergency Action Message. Then the TACAMO planes send the EAM to the subs.

  • @raymondzhao9557
    @raymondzhao9557 Před 6 lety +14

    *Trump:“Wait, I want to launch the missile through Twitter”*

  • @brianmo2965
    @brianmo2965 Před 5 lety +3

    “I’m gonna make it 7. Just that. That way i can remember it. Iran acts up. 7. BOOM”

  • @cobalt-lp1989
    @cobalt-lp1989 Před 5 lety +26

    Trump: needs to discuss with the Pentagon to launch a nuke
    Kim: just winks🚀🚀 ⚰️🚬

  • @busy4853
    @busy4853 Před 2 lety +1

    That is bloody scary, I hope human doesn’t make mistakes and press that button ☠️☠️☠️

  • @ConReese
    @ConReese Před 5 lety

    I have faith that the people who are in charge of pulling the trigger have enough heart to back out and realize there is no justification for using nukes. None

  • @MrPrush-ji4gs
    @MrPrush-ji4gs Před 4 lety +5

    Lmfaoooo “my button is bigger than yours “

  • @cliffcruzy
    @cliffcruzy Před 5 lety +5

    Wrong sequence my friend. 1st: Trump tweets, 2nd: Trump tweets, 3rd: Trump tweets, 4th: Melania's climax, 5th: Bomb release, 6th: Resolution!

  • @Fabedog9
    @Fabedog9 Před 5 lety +4

    YOU MEAN I CAN’T RECALL IT LIKE AN EMAIL??? SMH

  • @Stampyboyz
    @Stampyboyz Před rokem +2

    The President has a briefcase kept near them at all times (held by a military aide) called the “nuclear football” with the the Black Book containing the retaliatory options, a book listing classified site locations, a manila folder with eight or ten pages stapled together giving a description of procedures for the Emergency Broadcast System inside it. It could also have some sort of communication device inside due to a small antenna seen protruding out of it near the handle

  • @ymi_yugy3133
    @ymi_yugy3133 Před 5 lety

    That is insane. No single person should have such power.

  • @aertybhujm1
    @aertybhujm1 Před 6 lety +5

    I have finished watching this video completely.
    (我看完這部影片了)
    I am a Taiwanese who cares about the global affairs.
    (我是一個關心全球事務的台灣人)
    And, sadly, most of my fellow Taiwanese don't really care about the world.
    (但是,很不幸地,我大部分的台灣同胞不那麼在意世界。)
    Hopefully Taiwan can become increasingly globally-aware and globally-competitive.
    (希望台灣可以越來越有全球意識與全球競爭力。)
    God bless Taiwan.
    (天佑台灣。)

  • @MrSchplingle79
    @MrSchplingle79 Před 5 lety +3

    Almost heaven, West Virginia

  • @yujenlin1197
    @yujenlin1197 Před 6 lety +7

    Also, when a submarine is unable to contact ground control or any other facilities after a set amount of time. the submarine is authorized to launch a nuke with the approval of the captain and vice-captain

    • @SloaneLasers
      @SloaneLasers Před 6 lety +3

      I believe you are correct. Even though the Trident Missiles on Ohio class submarines have PAL's installed - there is a procedure that can be accessed by the two key method by the Captain and Executive Officers both inserting their keys into the weapons safe. Once they gain entry to the safe, there are sealed envelopes that contain the codes needed to verify a nuclear action order, and an envelope that contains instructions on how to proceed if they have not been able to contact their command.

    • @dspates51
      @dspates51 Před 6 lety

      Yujen Lin WRONG!

    • @dspates51
      @dspates51 Před 6 lety

      Sloane100 WRONG! AGAIN!

    • @tubescorpion
      @tubescorpion Před 6 lety

      @Yujen Lin and @Sloane100
      Not sure where you're getting your information from ... too many movies I think.

    • @dasbubba841
      @dasbubba841 Před 5 lety +3

      @@tubescorpion He isn't wrong, or completely wrong. The British actually do something to the sound of that. If during a time of war, they haven't heard from the British homeland, they are authorized to open a locked safe that contains instructions on what to do. There are apparently four options, one of which is to launch a nuclear strike.

  • @derwolf200
    @derwolf200 Před 4 lety

    How a Nuke Strike works:
    Country A: Starts sending 1 Nuke to Country B.
    Country B: Responds with 3 Nukes.
    Country A, seriously damaged: Responds with half of their bombs at one time.
    Country B, nearly completely destroyed: Sends all their Nukes out before dying.
    End: Both countries are not existing anymore, uninhabitable for the next 100 years.
    I don't see a "winner" of that Nuclear war, do you?

  • @zarmindrow5831
    @zarmindrow5831 Před 2 lety +2

    Biden still wondering which button on his suit is THE button.