Sea, Air and Land: The 3 Ways America can Launch Nuclear Weapons
America's nuclear triad consists of launch platforms on land and in the air and sea. Learn more about each, the rationale for having them and the problems they pose today.
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1. https://www.jhuapl.edu/content/docume...
2. https://armscontrolcenter.org/factshe...
3. https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheet...
4. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...
5. https://blog.ucsusa.org/david-wright/...
6. https://www.defense.gov/Experience/Am...
0:00 - America's Triad
0:59 - B-52 Stratofortress
1:52 - B-2 Spirit
2:22 - Ohio-class submarine
3:47 - Minuteman missile
4:13 - First vs. Second strike
5:09 - Response
5:45 - Mutually Assured Destruction
6:41 - Stability-Instability Paradox
7:20 - De-alerting
8:16 - Close calls
9:47 - Future
11:24 - Challenges
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