What If North Korea Launched a Nuclear Bomb (Minute by Minute)

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  • North Korea has nuclear capabilities and the whole world could be held hostage if they decide to use them! Find out what would happen if North Korea actually launched a nuclear attack on the world in today's epic new video!
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Комментарии • 13 тыс.

  • @JonMontian
    @JonMontian 2 года назад +24898

    I admire this channel’s constant fascination of global destruction lol

    • @Uplike747
      @Uplike747 2 года назад +935

      It gets the people going

    • @AUSans101
      @AUSans101 2 года назад +115

      Yup 👍

    • @dpt6849
      @dpt6849 2 года назад +132

      cold war 2.0

    • @joshuarisker5525
      @joshuarisker5525 2 года назад +241

      Too bad none of it has happened yet let's get this apocalypse on the road already

    • @JonMontian
      @JonMontian 2 года назад +96

      @@joshuarisker5525 Can’t lie I’d be a tad interested

  • @t3nosanfran803
    @t3nosanfran803 Год назад +6733

    On a positive note, if this otherwise classified information on U.S. anti-nuclear missile capabilities can be disclosed on RUclips, it means that U.S. capabilities have since advanced beyond what is shown in this video.

    • @ninjavibez4696
      @ninjavibez4696 Год назад +230

      Ehhh… you would think. But then again, there’s always a prototype lol

    • @vadermike7772
      @vadermike7772 Год назад +1

      Agreed, this goes to show what America's "minimum" capabilities are. I am sure their actual capabilities are FAR greater. So in other words, Dictator's beware!

    • @OGSontar
      @OGSontar Год назад

      Personally, I hope we never find out. Declassified things are likely decades old by the time the public is informed, so it's a good bet that warhead would not get nearly as far as in this video. But, the aftermath. That's where the real world-wide threat is. Once it starts, it might not stop until humanity is extinct.

    • @SuperNovaHeights_
      @SuperNovaHeights_ Год назад +58

      You’ve got no proof to back that up

    • @SuperNovaHeights_
      @SuperNovaHeights_ Год назад +18

      @@alexparakan yeah I’m just saying there’s no proof

  • @jeffreycho236
    @jeffreycho236 2 месяца назад +282

    Kim: “I said lunch, not launch!”

  • @braddorcas9363
    @braddorcas9363 3 месяца назад +83

    Even though you know it's a theoretical situation right from the start. The video builds the tension so well with the visuals, clock flashes, and story telling

    • @kevinburnson
      @kevinburnson 23 дня назад

      Not hardly! The "story telling" here is closer to Grimm fairytales. Watch out for the wolves!!

  • @willemdafoe9646
    @willemdafoe9646 Год назад +6294

    As a German, I often make fun of Americans being one of the most contradictory and deeply split nations with so many flaws.
    However, I am 100 % positive that in case someone would attack the US directly, this nation's people would most likely lay their conflicts aside and transform into one of the most unified and most dangerous enemy you could imagine.

    • @AgieSebie
      @AgieSebie Год назад +1

      Agreed, last time the US was attacked was 9/11 and it lead to the massive war on terror, cannot imagine what would happen to someone trying to nuke modern America. They would get absolutely obliterated, same with anyone helping them. America and her allies are simply too powerful together for anyone but a powerful China-led coalition to challenge. And let us pray that China and America never come to blows.

    • @carson4227
      @carson4227 Год назад +1051

      considering there is a 100 guns per american i agree

    • @pghpaisan
      @pghpaisan Год назад +819

      As an American, you are correct on each point of your post.

    • @matthewhohenbery2287
      @matthewhohenbery2287 Год назад

      @@carson4227 ugh stop with the guns you liberal ffkk

    • @Slenderman182
      @Slenderman182 Год назад

      All nations who are not split are evil. That's kinda the whole point of democracy

  • @A1441
    @A1441 2 года назад +6032

    It seems highly unlikely that North Korea would only send one ICBM towards its enemy knowing the USA's capability to intercept nuclear attacks. Anyway, it's a wonderful depiction of what could happen if NK finally loses the last of its marbles.

    • @ShodaiKishin
      @ShodaiKishin 2 года назад

      The key here in this set up is they had to use a hidden site to try and delay USA's response. If they had launch multiple from known locations, the USA response would be faster and they could stop the missiles much earlier.
      Creating a site with multiple ICBM greatly increases the possibility that USA would discover it before they could launch an ambush launch,

    • @charungie_hsk8005
      @charungie_hsk8005 2 года назад +66

      Yep

    • @jamesfry8983
      @jamesfry8983 2 года назад +279

      Its more likely to be a cluster nuke

    • @joso7228
      @joso7228 2 года назад

      NK has already lost the plot. They just want to build a few more nukes before they launch them.

    • @TheConflictLibrary
      @TheConflictLibrary 2 года назад +319

      Its actually pretty likely due to the fact that North Korea has a very few amount of ICBMs. Some don't work. And even if they do, the same intercepts are likely to happen.

  • @shaunlydon8234
    @shaunlydon8234 3 месяца назад +36

    I love how the president can teleport within a minute to the situation room.

    • @Krytern
      @Krytern 2 месяца назад +4

      Right? He gets to the situation room from a meeting with a foreign leader, has a conversation with his advisors and generals, then is on an airplane within what 12 minutes? Unlikely.

    • @chilledcoke
      @chilledcoke Месяц назад

      🤣🤣😂

  • @miketexas4549
    @miketexas4549 2 месяца назад +9

    I live in Hawaii. Several years ago we thought this happened.

  • @Lampironstudios215
    @Lampironstudios215 2 года назад +727

    i think this guy can travel to alternative universes ,see what happens and makes videos on them

    • @Lampironstudios215
      @Lampironstudios215 2 года назад +14

      @Romi it was a joke as in he can travel to universes where north Korea did fire a missile

    • @Skype93
      @Skype93 2 года назад +3

      @Romi joke

    • @UwUSanime
      @UwUSanime 2 года назад +2

      Your not far off

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom 2 года назад +5

      This reminds me of a claim I saw on kurzgesagt in the comments, that they think he's a time traveler from the future trying to put humanity on the right path.

    • @sendthis9480
      @sendthis9480 2 года назад +6

      @@Lampironstudios215
      Sorry to burst your bubble…but there are literally thousands of government employees, as well as private, whose sole job is to research and determine best likely possible scenario for things….exactly like this.
      They’re called “think tanks”.
      I think this video is basically word for word what the CSIS (Center for Strategic International Studies) published a couple years ago.
      These dudes are animators…they don’t research anything.
      The only alternate universe these dudes go to is the front of the line at the newsstand…so they can take someone else’s stories and make a cartoon out of it.

  • @seanwiley558
    @seanwiley558 Год назад +2082

    As a Navy Seabee Vet, I can say that what there showing here is just a fraction of what can and most likely will happen. If there is one thing I learned in my time in the Seabees, traveling from base to base, with clearance I had to uphold to enter certain areas, there is much more out there than what we will ever know about our militaries full capability.

    • @DJ_Penguin
      @DJ_Penguin Год назад +231

      It's good not to advertise the full breadth of our capabilities. How can an enemy counter something they don't even know exists?

    • @cpcreit
      @cpcreit Год назад +92

      Very good point, but same can be said for the other side....this is why, make peace, not war like what's happening in Ukraine, senseless suffering, already over 100k casualty over nothing really, very sad and cruel.....

    • @MP-vc4nu
      @MP-vc4nu Год назад +37

      Fun Fact
      North Korea just watched this video and now launching nuclear missiles into Japan.
      So if North Korea start WW3, we know who to blame.

    • @Theguywithspectacles
      @Theguywithspectacles Год назад +2

      @@MP-vc4nu yeah

    • @Theguywithspectacles
      @Theguywithspectacles Год назад +14

      @@Grimeyhoob "Trust me Bro"

  • @greffett1969
    @greffett1969 2 месяца назад +7

    This video is awesome. Answered so many questions

  • @Theseus180
    @Theseus180 2 месяца назад +1

    I was parked of the CMV, the second missile command sergeant. Thank you for the information.

  • @maamoonkhan
    @maamoonkhan Год назад +1644

    Take a moment to appreciate the kind of professionalism they have shown into making this video!!! This 15 min was just so focused. I was completely into it!

    • @zhc19324
      @zhc19324 Год назад +4

      Be si,ple ams e
      Respected

    • @yucruuu
      @yucruuu 9 месяцев назад +7

      Clearly has the resources to present such high graphic content.

    • @hara3485
      @hara3485 8 месяцев назад +1

      I got confused with the words he was saying.

    • @youubik
      @youubik 7 месяцев назад +2

      Ha Ha Ha the precision response was like 911 all over again

    • @eriklarson9137
      @eriklarson9137 7 месяцев назад +6

      No.

  • @Fiberglasser03
    @Fiberglasser03 Год назад +1031

    I can't begin to wrap my head around how complex all of our military equipment is. Just thinking about designing one of these systems, the satellite detector, the super computer making calculations, the interceptors, crazy.

    • @thatkidmingming7390
      @thatkidmingming7390 Год назад +39

      Even now we can't stop nuclear war, our best option is to implement peace strategies

    • @bacongod8807
      @bacongod8807 Год назад +40

      Explains why they put soo much money in our military

    • @johnkaylor7205
      @johnkaylor7205 Год назад +8

      Face it, they do in fact actually exist.

    • @forrestcommander6283
      @forrestcommander6283 Год назад +11

      I can tell you for a fact that Aegis is highly effective at ballistic missile defense. Due to my knowledge of the system, I know that it would be very difficult to successfully attack using ballistic missiles.

    • @dayner989
      @dayner989 Год назад

      Yeah i agree

  • @ir0nmarshmallow85
    @ir0nmarshmallow85 2 месяца назад +2

    A-10 sound was spot on. Used to hear that all the time.

  • @user-ll2dd9vv9y
    @user-ll2dd9vv9y 3 месяца назад +17

    Kim DUNG would then have approximately 23 minutes before the weather report for Pyongyang, as reported from Seoul, would be "cloudy, bright, 6,000 degrees this morning".

  • @nilocblue
    @nilocblue 2 года назад +1070

    Whenever I watch these videos about military “what if” scenarios, my first thought is “yes, but we only know a portion of what so and so’s military capabilities are”. At the end of the day, the militaries around the world still have a lot of secretive technology that we don’t know about yet. These videos are great and educational, but there’s always that unknown factor of what’s actually out there that we don’t know about.

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 2 года назад +176

      Russia provided the best example of faulty or misinformed intelligence. We thought they were far more prepared and far more powerful than they actually were. The best intelligence agencies in the world did not know that the Russian military was in such disarray.

    • @AJKing-vc8mp
      @AJKing-vc8mp 2 года назад +18

      I agree! I think it's still a great thinking exercise though to see simulate events based on what is known.

    • @matrix6553
      @matrix6553 2 года назад +7

      @@terrafirma5327 Because Russia has got a nuclear weapons.

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 2 года назад +69

      @@matrix6553 Who said anything about nukes? I was making a point that everyone (Putin included) thought Ukraine was vastly outmatched. We were wrong.

    • @Behold__Optic_Blast
      @Behold__Optic_Blast 2 года назад

      Not really, because nobody ever uses secret tech. Because they want to keep it secret.

  • @captainnutsack8151
    @captainnutsack8151 Год назад +1698

    This is actually a really cool "what if" scenario. And very realistically explained. However I think it should be important to note that a nuclear attack from North Korea would almost certainly be preceded by an attack on South Korea using the same nukes.

    • @user-xd8pj3bw7v
      @user-xd8pj3bw7v Год назад +42

      Leave the wargames and the what ifs for the pros..not guessers

    • @nekad2000
      @nekad2000 Год назад +24

      All depends on their intent. If the intent is to trigger a nuclear exchange, is scenario tracks

    • @DrMcMoist
      @DrMcMoist Год назад +1

      They might as well be nuking themselves.

    • @novelwriter
      @novelwriter Год назад

      It is equally unlikely. North Korea sees South Korea as part of its own country and people. The goal would more likely be to destroy those keeping them separate--the West, Japan, and others--in order to reunify. Militarily, North Korea is very strong compared to South Korea and would win in a straight up fight with no outside allies joining. Thus, North Korea's calculus is to remove the outsiders from the fight to reunify under the government of the north.
      But the primary purpose of North Korea developing nuclear weapons was deterrence, not first strike. It was a way for North Korea to make it much harder for anyone else to consider invading them due to the likelihood of their launching a nuclear strike to retaliate. This is the same reason that Castro wanted Soviet missiles in Cuba following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion by the U.S., which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is the same reason that the Soviet Union wanted to develop its own nuclear weapons as quickly as possible following the 1945 atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki: to be on equal footing.

    • @Under-Kaoz
      @Under-Kaoz Год назад +150

      @@user-xd8pj3bw7v I was stationed in Sk. It makes way more sense for NK to drop a nuke on SK and Japan before attacking the U.S.

  • @secretsquirrel4642
    @secretsquirrel4642 2 месяца назад +2

    Bravo…. Well done (as always)…. 👏👏👏👏

  • @user-lq4gf2bv2g
    @user-lq4gf2bv2g 3 месяца назад +35

    As someone who helps construct subs i can absolutely agree we could level any country at any moment at time. Its mind boggling.

    • @Dante199006
      @Dante199006 2 месяца назад

      Like the U.S could or basically any country with subs?

    • @Casey_and_Cars
      @Casey_and_Cars Месяц назад +1

      The United States specifically. Other countries would simply not exist anymore and there would be zero consequences.

  • @syzygy5271
    @syzygy5271 2 года назад +241

    "The target is likely Los Angeles."
    *The U.S. breathes a sigh of relief and deactivates all missile defense units.*

  • @destiny6080
    @destiny6080 2 года назад +154

    Simple answer: The end

    • @AcknowledgeMeKid
      @AcknowledgeMeKid 2 года назад

      Simple Answer: Suicide

    • @zombie20x
      @zombie20x 2 года назад +9

      😂

    • @alienelephant4721
      @alienelephant4721 2 года назад +1

      The South Koreans would surrender out of cowardice and fear of attack and immediately surrender to NK, The koreans are united yay!
      But the World all launch an attack against the Korean peninsula and all Korea is destroyed!
      The World peace is achieved!
      HAPPY END!

    • @snailylunarwithascarf4414
      @snailylunarwithascarf4414 2 года назад +13

      Bro one nuke is not “the end”

    • @nesseihtgnay9419
      @nesseihtgnay9419 2 года назад

      The US can counter NK nukes while NK has no defense against US nukes

  • @flashcraft8287
    @flashcraft8287 2 месяца назад +2

    This was interesting. I'm glad I watched it.

  • @GeirGunnarss
    @GeirGunnarss 3 месяца назад +58

    One problem at the start. The night would be no help in getting things ready. Thermal and infrared satellites are a thing and considering how dark North Korea is at night, it would be even easier to pick out changes, like the thermal bleed from openings in the mountain. Also, 40 feet is about the height of a four-story building. a two-story house is about 20 - 25 feet. Also, also, cloud cover wouldn´t cover a gigantic rocket launch, the rocket would light up the clouds for miles, and it would look like the sun behind the clouds and since this is at night, that would raise an eyebrow or two.

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 3 месяца назад +1

      how dark is NK? you should visit, its more like las vegas than the dessert around it

    • @FYMASMD
      @FYMASMD 3 месяца назад +3

      @@ohhi5237🙄👎

    • @jorgechavez7211
      @jorgechavez7211 3 месяца назад +7

      @@ohhi5237 You haven't seen images from space, have you? The difference between it and South Korea or even china is undeniably large.

    • @angyeet5392
      @angyeet5392 3 месяца назад +6

      @@ohhi5237 how when they dont even have electricity at night. I think ur mixing up NK with SK

  • @mattymayhem1232
    @mattymayhem1232 Год назад +725

    It's insane to me how fast technology can pick up a missile launch and identify what kind it is.

    • @user-cm9dr2yf6u
      @user-cm9dr2yf6u Год назад +22

      aint that hard u basically use radio waves and such to detect something irregular then satellites identify the object and yea

    • @PetrOsetr
      @PetrOsetr Год назад +5

      More or less accurate, however they're missing the point that decoys are pretty good these days and chances that real warhead(s) would be detected are low

    • @chadsem
      @chadsem Год назад

      @@PetrOsetr FAKE NEWS

    • @TypicalBlox
      @TypicalBlox Год назад +3

      Well when you have a budget of almost 1 trillion dollars a year and thousands of engineers, scientists and mathematicians at your disposal it makes sense

    • @wifinesesi
      @wifinesesi Год назад +1

      Supercomputers bro

  • @VetMcNasty
    @VetMcNasty Год назад +997

    I was part of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) effort in the US Navy, on station in the Sea of Japan and I gotta say... you absolutely nailed the information provided about the Navy and BMD. Awesome job 👍🏻

    • @JohnDoe-rk9bx
      @JohnDoe-rk9bx Год назад +37

      I’m in Navy vet myself from 1980 thank you for your service the weapons you guys got are almost space-age.

    • @CricketEngland
      @CricketEngland 7 месяцев назад +9

      I am guessing that as the missile is just sitting around in a warehouse for several years their is no way of knowing that the second rocket launch will actually work and if this is the case how far will it actually travel before crashing into the ground?
      Also while this is going on what are Europe/Asia doing?

    • @RBarn2000
      @RBarn2000 7 месяцев назад +30

      except the part where we have an idiot in charge who doesn't even know what day it is

    • @CricketEngland
      @CricketEngland 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@RBarn2000 and you have had a few of them

    • @GaijinGamerGirl
      @GaijinGamerGirl 7 месяцев назад +5

      Sure you were, like every other youtube comment poster 🤣

  • @ronsanchez6992
    @ronsanchez6992 3 месяца назад +3

    Growing up in L.A. in the 50s, we always practiced our bomb drills
    right after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. I'm glad that we were never shown film of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

  • @jukeboxfandango
    @jukeboxfandango 3 месяца назад +16

    I'm someone who played a lot of Kerbal Space Program (KSP) on PC, downloaded it on steam and I gotta say... you absolutely nailed the information provided about the two stage rocket. Awesome job 👍🏻

  • @raspberryarizona
    @raspberryarizona 2 года назад +331

    A part you missed that I was hoping to see would be the use of sirens, national warnings sent to TVs and cellphone, etc.

    • @vyros.3234
      @vyros.3234 2 года назад +14

      That what be really weird. Across the world sirens and warnings would go off. Would be wild.

    • @DailyTrashy
      @DailyTrashy 2 года назад +38

      *hawaii false alarm*

    • @seabreez2421
      @seabreez2421 2 года назад +6

      I bet every military base in the US would sound alarms and pretty much every MOS would be on high alert ⚠️

    • @sendthis9480
      @sendthis9480 2 года назад +2

      @@vyros.3234
      There’s a RUclips video of different emergency alert sounds, from different countries around the world.
      (Apparently they don’t all sound the same)
      Japan and Korea sound like a fun video game.

    • @Superpooper-2020
      @Superpooper-2020 2 года назад

      This channel is full of propaganda 🤡there is no defence system in the world that can stop an ICBM that travels at mach 20-25 speed 🤡

  • @ferox965
    @ferox965 Год назад +199

    I figure North Korea would become a giant parking lot pretty quickly.

    • @gb2011ify
      @gb2011ify Год назад +22

      and unusable for about 1M years

    • @dirtirobi9062
      @dirtirobi9062 Год назад +8

      A glass bowl

    • @dirtirobi9062
      @dirtirobi9062 Год назад

      ​@GB we nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki and they're thriving cities now, ...try again

    • @Bk6346
      @Bk6346 Год назад +10

      And the neighbors South Korea, Japan, Russia and China might get a little upset with a nuclear war near their territory.

    • @alekmayhew1433
      @alekmayhew1433 Год назад

      @@Bk6346 we wouldn't launch a nuke back. We would carpet bomb them

  • @Hutch4633
    @Hutch4633 3 месяца назад

    This was most interesting. I had no idea this was so complex. So different than what took place in the movie "The Day After"

  • @Zyper_Sebxr
    @Zyper_Sebxr 3 месяца назад

    maaan, the video was just getting started when it ended... so good wtf

  • @vanguard9067
    @vanguard9067 2 года назад +817

    At the initial launch warning received, all US anti-ballistic missile defenses are Immediately put on high-alert and begins tracking the missile, along with activating their anti-missile missiles. All retaliatory resources are also alerted at the same time. US intelligence and military would respond immediatelyupon a launch from North Korea and not wait for any verification.

    • @TheRealArtimusKnight
      @TheRealArtimusKnight 2 года назад +83

      Do you think they have anti-missile missile missiles?

    • @BS-vm5bt
      @BS-vm5bt 2 года назад +112

      @@ephemeral.793 What kind of fantasy world do you live in?

    • @priestshrek3738
      @priestshrek3738 2 года назад +56

      What if they use their anti anti-missile missiles to remove the anti missile

    • @jolldoes1515
      @jolldoes1515 2 года назад +10

      I fell way safer now Thanks to the US

    • @themilkman5158
      @themilkman5158 2 года назад +15

      @@ephemeral.793 don't believe everything you see

  • @gamewarmaster
    @gamewarmaster Год назад +556

    Keep in mind, with how our military reports and declassifies info, this was how we could fight a nuclear attack 30 years ago.

    • @misterx6276
      @misterx6276 Год назад +49

      We have tech that is 40-50y ahead to the civilian world.

    • @ThatsJustEric
      @ThatsJustEric Год назад

      American ignorance

    • @geomcc39
      @geomcc39 Год назад

      Cloud cover would not help them in any way ! also thanks to Russia NATO is stronger then ever. They don't have enough Nukes

    • @argh100100
      @argh100100 Год назад +29

      Probably holds some truth, but wouldn't be too confident about that. Keep in mind that expenditure on nuclear technologies has severly decreased after the fall of the soviets. And it has mainly been maintance/updating costs instead of development.

    • @nahuelbossi4347
      @nahuelbossi4347 Год назад

      who knows. This could be completely true or just a myth spread by the us.

  • @fphelan535
    @fphelan535 2 месяца назад +2

    I can see Slim Pickens now heehawin' and ridin' the bomb out of a B52

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 3 месяца назад +3

    As a former serviceman, I can confirm that I spent my free time chopping wood like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando while waiting to be called back.

    • @bryanbowling1857
      @bryanbowling1857 3 месяца назад +1

      What is funny is that i am literally doing that today! I do not look like him...

    • @xthexskrillex
      @xthexskrillex 3 месяца назад

      chopping wood make u strong like arnold@@bryanbowling1857

  • @philipobando
    @philipobando Год назад +172

    This was more suspenseful than any action movie in 2022

  • @kalanilarsen6112
    @kalanilarsen6112 Год назад +592

    I live in Honolulu, HI. We had a "false alarm" ballistic missile warning a couple years back. Sent everyone into full on panic mode lol. Some military contacts we know say they really did intercept a missile and were told to keep it hush. Like who accidentally starts a ballistic missile warning wtf. Who really knows though.

    • @moscasucio1686
      @moscasucio1686 Год назад +14

      A weak president would do just that.

    • @balapad878
      @balapad878 Год назад +210

      @@moscasucio1686 this was 2018 homie, trump was still there.

    • @trajkoivanov7118
      @trajkoivanov7118 Год назад +19

      Iff something happens you'll be last to know!

    • @fender7x
      @fender7x Год назад

      Your military contacts are definitely not trustworthy lol.

    • @emobassist
      @emobassist Год назад

      @@balapad878 why do you people act like you worship trump he was just another goof in office like all the other presidents

  • @user-mk7yy8ik3m
    @user-mk7yy8ik3m 2 месяца назад +2

    Mr president, North Korea just launched a nuke. "That's above my pay grade. Vanilla ice cream."

  • @CarbonKevin
    @CarbonKevin 2 месяца назад +3

    1) THAAD stands for Theater High Altitude Area Defense, not Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. Edit: I'm backwards, it is indeed Terminal.
    2) South Korea would know about this launch as soon as the U.S. would, no need to inform them.
    3) Ships aren't going to move to protect coastal cities in 40 minutes, lol.
    4) Some discussion of GBM intercept success rates and why multiple shots are done would be nice.
    5) I think we've seen the nose cone of the HS-15 is just that, a fairing, not the RV itself.
    6) This was a great opportunity to show the nuclear football isn't a red button in a briefcase, but rather it's a case full of attack plans.
    Overall a pretty good video, you got a lot of things right.

    • @natemcdonald8853
      @natemcdonald8853 2 месяца назад +2

      Used to be theater...now terminal , we changed it in 2018 in Fort Bliss ,Tx.

  • @GlamorousTitanic21
    @GlamorousTitanic21 2 года назад +291

    Why this would never happen.
    Reason 1: Kim is not suicidal. He loves his power and will not likely do anything that will lead to his end.
    Reason 2: As long as he stays within his nations borders and has his nukes at his disposal his regime will go on.

    • @beep1o
      @beep1o 2 года назад +53

      I also feel like America has crazy technology that will stop a event like this before it even reaches 10 minutes of lunch

    • @BillyisAmongUs
      @BillyisAmongUs 2 года назад +45

      It would be like giving a toddler a knife to fight a bear, sure it will hurt the bear but it does not stand a chance

    • @vyros.3234
      @vyros.3234 2 года назад +16

      But if he were to become ill or old he could decide to take us out with him

    • @Williamfuchs420
      @Williamfuchs420 2 года назад +25

      Ya this would end him. Without Chinas support he would be gone and China wouldn’t let him continue if he did this

    • @lazyryan3766
      @lazyryan3766 2 года назад +5

      @@vyros.3234 his descendants would continue the regime

  • @bongo2031
    @bongo2031 2 года назад +636

    I just admire you and your crew on infographichs show,it is fascinating how you manage to upload this often and still make videos entertaining, informational (we may not use this videos in real life but they are still informational) and original.

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 2 года назад +3

      Indeed. But there's a flaw in the plan...the C-130 refueling planes aren't hardened for EMP.... (7:10)

    • @kazrutter8194
      @kazrutter8194 2 года назад +4

      @@williamyoung9401 multiple with this channel. Remember they said the US would win against the rest of the world combined 😂

    • @Toosii2times
      @Toosii2times 2 года назад +6

      @@kazrutter8194 Aw you sound mad 🙂
      Which country do you live in pal?

    • @bongo2031
      @bongo2031 2 года назад

      @Michael_Gaming123 ?

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Год назад

      @Michael_Gaming123 What?

  • @rolandphan2800
    @rolandphan2800 2 месяца назад

    Very good essay, and well read! The Pentagon should pay this guy a big wage and some top war medals.

  • @foshyurgason
    @foshyurgason 3 месяца назад +13

    "Oh, it's just headed for LA. Call off interception"

  • @thax6306
    @thax6306 Год назад +40

    Being in Hawaii when that alarm went off on our phones that morning was the scariest moments of my life. At the time I lived in an high rise and all you could hear were people screaming frantically. Crazy

    • @danieljacobson7729
      @danieljacobson7729 Год назад +2

      I was there on vacation

    • @kai1ey
      @kai1ey Год назад +1

      that’s traumatizing I’m so sorry

    • @eldracooper994
      @eldracooper994 Год назад +1

      I have family that lives there and it was absolutely terrifying having to potentially say goodbye to my mother and brother.

    • @WorthlessDeadEnd
      @WorthlessDeadEnd Год назад +1

      Wasn't there also a threat against Guam a while back?

  • @Ilgenfixit80
    @Ilgenfixit80 Год назад +591

    The B-2 fleet isn't "unprepared for combat" but we can let that be our little secret. Also, they frequently participate in readiness exercises around the world. It's a small fleet, but they're always ready.

    • @scottys1423
      @scottys1423 Год назад +59

      A buddy of mine spent much of his career upgrading B2s. They take one plane at a time, and refit it with all the latest bells and whistles. Then start on the next oldest one. It takes years to go through all of them so by the time they are done, the first one is ready for another upgrade. Just in case anyone is thinking they are operating with old technology from when they were first deployed, no they are not.

    • @chubascomohd2688
      @chubascomohd2688 Год назад +4

      Just don’t frighten a child who is not wearing an armour pointing a gun at you even though you are filled with muscle and graduated 👨‍🎓 from Harvard university with plenty of dollars

    • @yappingtonFTW
      @yappingtonFTW Год назад +37

      "but we can let that be our little secret"
      also you: *posts it on the internet*

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Год назад +8

      @@chubascomohd2688 ... wut

    • @timapple6586
      @timapple6586 Год назад +3

      @@arthas640 Wearing *any* armour. You couldn't figure that out? You are obviously not filled with muscle and degrees from a Harvard university.

  • @vanguard9067
    @vanguard9067 2 месяца назад

    There are land-based. rocket-assisted 155mm (6 inch) projectiles being used now that have ranges over 40km (25 miles), and ramjet powered shells with up to 100km (60 mile) ranges being tested. These included guided projectiles too. Turrets and barbettes for these guns would be so much smaller (and therefore lighter), I wonder how many you could put on a newly constructed battleship.

  • @dabaconsleepstonight
    @dabaconsleepstonight 3 месяца назад +6

    infographic never fails to make me look out the window to make sure what they are describing isn't really happening

    • @a64738
      @a64738 2 месяца назад

      Here once I saw the night sky turn into bright day in a flash in my side vision, my hairs did stand on end because that is the sign of a nuke going of... I looked out the window but all was normal, no large glowing nuclear mushroom :) Later I found out it was a meteor exploding the atmosphere 700km or so away.

    • @user-eo7sz8kk6x
      @user-eo7sz8kk6x Месяц назад

      And of course your window always has a view of the theater of operations.

  • @codinginflow
    @codinginflow Год назад +13

    14:53 I had subtitles on and read "the coolest war since World War II"

  • @wildsnaturalwoodworks3997
    @wildsnaturalwoodworks3997 Год назад +480

    No ONE person should have the power to end so many lives. Regardless of who did what.

    • @apparte462
      @apparte462 Год назад

      i would start by ending yours

    • @PBST_RAIDZ
      @PBST_RAIDZ Год назад +16

      100% agree

    • @waniajayi2897
      @waniajayi2897 Год назад +51

      In the utopian world.
      Unfortunately, doesn't exist.

    • @williamwalker5244
      @williamwalker5244 Год назад +10

      Exactly. The world needs security and the best way to provide that is the nuclear deterrent. Unfortunately we can't uninvent nuclear fission so the west need to maintain the operational readiness of their military assets in order to deter hostile nations. A sad unfortunate yet vital state of affairs

    • @mrsstaff7876
      @mrsstaff7876 Год назад +10

      You can bet that the one who launches the missiles is sat in his bunker safe while his innocent people are getting nuked from the country that they nuked.

  • @P-G-77
    @P-G-77 2 месяца назад

    Now, this video IS VERY, IMPRESSIVE... AHEAD OF TIME. To watch NOW.

  • @davidbanner9851
    @davidbanner9851 14 дней назад +2

    But if hypersonic missiles are used in the future, there won’t be all that time to react… i think those can reach in about 5 minutes😳

  • @afterburner2869
    @afterburner2869 7 месяцев назад +254

    I was stationed at Suwon Air Base in South Korea in the mid 80’s and the tensions were very high even back then. There were Korean fighter pilots sitting in the cockpits of their F-5 fighter jets 24/7 on the ground year round ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice. Suwon was mere minutes flying time from North Korea so every second counted and they were on constant high alert. I’m sure it’s even worse now than when I was there.

    • @billywatson118
      @billywatson118 7 месяцев назад +5

      I was stationed there also at that time 2nd division, when north Korea shot down a south Korean Airliner, we had to go on high alert.

    • @afterburner2869
      @afterburner2869 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@billywatson118 I bet the tensions were very high when that happened!

    • @GaijinGamerGirl
      @GaijinGamerGirl 7 месяцев назад +8

      Sure you were, like every other youtube comment poster 🤣

    • @thomastolbert6184
      @thomastolbert6184 6 месяцев назад

      If they fire a nuke at us and the musshy military don't react then we old Air Force vets will have to!

    • @Rerererevaali
      @Rerererevaali 6 месяцев назад +3

      blud was NOT at an air base

  • @mister_pincerey815
    @mister_pincerey815 Год назад +9

    14:45 my favorite part (hes like a baby throwing a fit after not getting ice cream)

  • @jasonbarron6580
    @jasonbarron6580 2 месяца назад

    Lol! Same thing that happens every time. It goes off all over the launch pad, leaving baby Huey throwing a tantrum.

  • @cirkit-one
    @cirkit-one 2 месяца назад +2

    North Korea Watching this video: 🗿📷📸📸📸

  • @nomdom
    @nomdom 2 года назад +568

    Honestly, this made Nuclear Weapons significantly less scary for me. Don't get me wrong, they're still terrifying, but it helps a lot to know that there are systems in place to try and stop them

    • @pig6293
      @pig6293 2 года назад +133

      But the fact that they can only "try" to stop them still terrifies me.

    • @gohardp.776
      @gohardp.776 2 года назад +4

      Fact

    • @ikat_tracer
      @ikat_tracer Год назад +51

      @@pig6293 You can always just try.
      Success is never assured.
      You can also try and hit a target with an ICBM and fail miserably.

    • @alpkane2007
      @alpkane2007 Год назад +67

      This scenario can only happen in case of a single nuclear strike, if there was a massive attack of different hundreds or thousands of missiles would be impossible to intercept them all then the destruction would be assured

    • @rr.1994
      @rr.1994 Год назад +15

      Russia's Poseidon enters the chat, there's no way to stop those if they work as Russia claims..

  • @joocaarjucfe5675
    @joocaarjucfe5675 Год назад +80

    It's easier to draw those scenarios but in reality it might happen quicker than it was imagined.

    • @DeveloperJake
      @DeveloperJake Год назад +2

      Yep

    • @djcstb_
      @djcstb_ 3 месяца назад +3

      And history has taught us that response might likely not be as efficient

    • @taterlumpkin4647
      @taterlumpkin4647 3 месяца назад +1

      @@djcstb_ As we will shortly find out. 💥

    • @hamzaelfaik5375
      @hamzaelfaik5375 3 месяца назад +4

      In those scenarios there is no destruction in US homeland like america is untouchable. When in reality Russia China North korea can easily reach out any US city . And every scenario US wins . Americans should get rid of arrogance if they want to be as good as they claim to be .

    • @UnknownSlayze
      @UnknownSlayze 3 месяца назад

      @@hamzaelfaik5375 agreed. There’s many innocent people in North Korea as well. We tend to forget that.

  • @iamalwayswrite
    @iamalwayswrite 3 месяца назад +8

    I like at 7:30 how it is stated the planes will be circulating the US, but actually circle around Canada as well.

  • @jachmastr
    @jachmastr 3 месяца назад

    'space command' jeez! :)

  • @Lanwarder
    @Lanwarder 2 года назад +329

    imagine if we had the technology to intercept the missile, but to actually bring it back exactly where it came from with a safe landing and not a single casualty. That would be such a "You're not even close to be in the big leagues" moment lol.

    • @legendofman12
      @legendofman12 2 года назад +28

      We need a net over every city

    • @Crimea_River
      @Crimea_River 2 года назад +31

      Elon Musk could invent that

    • @friedchicken1
      @friedchicken1 2 года назад +22

      and give it back to them? I say have it land in the US so that now we have one more missile :D

    • @Lanwarder
      @Lanwarder 2 года назад +20

      @@friedchicken1 Yup, plus we should also accept that big wooden horse statue that could hide many men that they made for us :p.

    • @Lanwarder
      @Lanwarder 2 года назад +2

      @@Crimea_River Should I get money if he does after reading this? cause I'd have a better offer........Elon?

  • @Sydney_-
    @Sydney_- Год назад +10

    14:20
    MARIO IS THAT YOU?

    • @R3tro..
      @R3tro.. Год назад +3

      BRU 😭💀

  • @krzysztofwalo6751
    @krzysztofwalo6751 2 месяца назад +1

    Very good material, though it gives a think that computers are better than humans, when time rushes.

  • @Mr.Mackay
    @Mr.Mackay 2 месяца назад +1

    The terrifying thing is this could happen at any moment

  • @DAG655
    @DAG655 3 месяца назад +26

    Wilford Brimley shrugs his shoulders in disbelief at 2:46 and provides an emotional close-up at 2:56.

    • @EbuCallinav
      @EbuCallinav 2 месяца назад

      After that... he checked his blood sugar.

    • @Monkey832
      @Monkey832 2 месяца назад

      @@EbuCallinavdiabeetus

  • @ChrisB-yn6zz
    @ChrisB-yn6zz 2 года назад +18

    I must say this is probably one of my favorite shows to watch on RUclips.

  • @danpetric85
    @danpetric85 3 месяца назад +15

    The truth is nobody is prepared for such things.
    In theory everything is always perfect but in practice is always a different outcome

  • @vipergtsmre
    @vipergtsmre 2 месяца назад

    Very cool vid!
    If NK sends one near us, their entire country would be a parking lot in minutes.

  • @JuanRojas956
    @JuanRojas956 Год назад +658

    How are you guys able to release 2/3 videos everyday?! You must have a big team of animators designers and researchers. Incredible work!

    • @johnhiggins1746
      @johnhiggins1746 Год назад +15

      Or a workaholic

    • @QueenslandGeneral
      @QueenslandGeneral Год назад +78

      @@johnhiggins1746 OR both a big team and the whole team is made of workaholics

    • @robbmaier368
      @robbmaier368 Год назад +9

      It's because these chanel's are in china is g English just trying to get a bole of rice

    • @MrSamrchds
      @MrSamrchds Год назад +2

      It's too much though, I don't want to look at my phone and see 15 notifications from this

    • @dumbsow9420
      @dumbsow9420 Год назад +17

      @@MrSamrchds Then don't have notifications on for them

  • @hosseinebrahimi3451
    @hosseinebrahimi3451 2 года назад +44

    I live in south west of Tehran, Iran and one evening i noticed something shiny donuting through northern sky and 9 PM news said a russian missile launch had an accident today. It's amazes me how it was possible for me to see a burning missile from thousands of kilometers far in space.

    • @emostorm7
      @emostorm7 Год назад +2

      I think i know the event you re speaking of. Do you really think it was an out of control missile? That event didn't get near enough media attention

    • @JamesOberg
      @JamesOberg Год назад +5

      THANKS for posting, I'm a retired 'rocket scientist' with the hobby of cataloguing observations of missile/space activities around the world. Spotting a Russian rocket from Iran happens about once a year, can I send you some of my reports? Do you recalled the date of the event you saw?

  • @denniswaterman3982
    @denniswaterman3982 2 месяца назад +8

    You gotta love how they portray the president as young and cognitive.

    • @Dockernan1977
      @Dockernan1977 Месяц назад +1

      It’s so comforting to know that the fate of our country is solidly in the hands of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We have nothing to worry about.

  • @brosauraus4likestrains
    @brosauraus4likestrains 3 месяца назад

    Bro, This feels like how you get a virus on your computer, and windows security and other security things start swarming you with warning messages.

  • @jtm12180
    @jtm12180 Год назад +16

    I always appreciate attention to detail. Kudos for matching the correct engine pitch with the A-10. That whine is very distinct! 😎

  • @AccessAccess
    @AccessAccess 2 года назад +104

    In order for a policy of nuclear deterrence to work, you have to show a willingness to follow through in kind. The point of the policy isn't just to counter an immediate attack, but also to deter future attacks by others who would try the same thing.

    • @katpuss6564
      @katpuss6564 Год назад

      Any agreement the Vampire Parasite States of Amerika made would not be worth the paper it was written on. Look at what they did to the American Indians?
      They are the devil stalking the earth...

  • @Smallerboto
    @Smallerboto 2 месяца назад +2

    noway, north korea only shoots one nuke instead of 10 all at once?

  • @sam4457
    @sam4457 3 месяца назад +2

    If that's just one ,what if North Korea deployed multiple missiles aimed at different locations ?

  • @mateltank992
    @mateltank992 2 года назад +150

    WE NEED A PART 2
    I wanna see a whole series based on a fictional war by you guys

    • @kineticstar
      @kineticstar 2 года назад

      Not really needed. North Korea would be wiped out between the South, the US and China all taking pieces before Kim's blood is cold.

    • @Cerberus19660
      @Cerberus19660 2 года назад +5

      Just play the fallout games

    • @bobby1970
      @bobby1970 Год назад +6

      We might get to see the real thing.

    • @katpuss6564
      @katpuss6564 Год назад

      Or what about some TRUTH Dumbo?
      "KOREA: The Never-Ending War"
      The film - written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho - confronts the “Forgotten War” perception of the Korean War

    • @Tricklarock
      @Tricklarock Год назад +1

      @@bobby1970 RIGHT?!?

  • @b13inc
    @b13inc Год назад +9

    Knowing is half the battle! Thanks for the info, Infographics ❤

  • @MattH-wg7ou
    @MattH-wg7ou 3 месяца назад

    We would know about it well beforehand hopefully/most likely. Even at night and with cloud cover. COMINT, SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT, HUMINT, OPIR, Space Based SAR, etc, etc, etc.

  • @kevinomahoney
    @kevinomahoney 3 месяца назад +1

    The windshield on the submarine is interesting.

  • @Kstang09
    @Kstang09 2 года назад +51

    I'm diggin' the "Minute by Minute" series! For what it's worth, thanks :)

    • @Footballplayer280
      @Footballplayer280 Год назад

      Yea, I don’t watch this channel too much but I liked this video

  • @davidthanks490
    @davidthanks490 Год назад +222

    If North Korea/Kim Jong un, launched a Nuclear warhead, I have a strong belief they would be sent into oblivion.

    • @scorpi972
      @scorpi972 Год назад +25

      Quickly

    • @slauderek3195
      @slauderek3195 Год назад

      If they launched a nuke a global message would be sent out to cross them off of all world maps as they’d be obliterated

    • @hereef1
      @hereef1 Год назад

      And you think no one in the USA would be harmed in a nuclear exchange between N. Korea and the USA. There will no winners in a nuclear exchange. None.

    • @bigazTV
      @bigazTV Год назад +7

      @@scorpi972 expeditiously

    • @GIJew
      @GIJew Год назад +31

      Not with Sleepy Joe as your "President." He'll do nothing.

  • @dontbescaredhomie3137
    @dontbescaredhomie3137 2 месяца назад +4

    Planes in the air in 5 minutes, but INS alignment takes 8. On 911, they were still not scrambling jets after an hour ? Lol

  • @viktable5955
    @viktable5955 3 месяца назад

    will this guys EVER master the elusive art of drawing people's legs?

  • @cllncl
    @cllncl 2 года назад +10

    1:04
    I like how closed captions have some sort of instructions to the editor

  • @bloxoss
    @bloxoss 8 месяцев назад +70

    This was so well done!! I'm so impressed, you've definitely earned a sub

  • @AnonAnonAnon
    @AnonAnonAnon 3 месяца назад +1

    NK does not possess guided missile technology, or at least, they are a decade or so away from developing and adding it to a ballistic missile (unless China or Russia hands them the blueprints for such technology). NK ballistic nuclear tipped missiles are point, fire and forget, with fingers crossed. That's not to say a missile could destroy whatever it hits, but certain factors say, the launch doesn't go as planned, the missile loses trajectory due to lack of fuel, weather conditions, etc, the missile ends up in the sea or hitting Canada or even Mexico. Great video by the way.

  • @TheMemo659
    @TheMemo659 Месяц назад

    I love the part about them advising the president. It's not hard to picture the utterly lost open mouth expression he would give them as they informed him of the imminent missile strike. I imagine his response something along the lines of "Will I still get ice cream?"

  • @socoman99
    @socoman99 2 года назад +292

    The purpose of nuclear deterrence is to prevent a potential enemy from doing just what North Korea does in this video. If North Korea ever launched a nuclear missile at the US, whether successfully intercepted or not, it would result in an all out nuclear retaliation that would wipe North Korea completely out of existence. No less than 99% of their population would be dead by the following day of such an attack. What prevented the Cold War from ever becoming a hot war with nuclear weapons was the maxim; M.A.D. for "Mutual Assured Destruction". Weapons so powerful that both sides would be completely destroyed if nuclear war broke out. It would only take one US Navy Trident ballistic missile submarine to do the job of destroying North Korea.

    • @lazarczv7297
      @lazarczv7297 Год назад +17

      Do you belive that Russia and China will allow explosion of nuclear boombs in Nort Korea???

    • @sterlingcampbell2116
      @sterlingcampbell2116 Год назад

      @@lazarczv7297 It it was a defensive measure...yes. China actually said so. Nobody cares what Russia thinks.

    • @phillywawadrinker
      @phillywawadrinker Год назад

      @@lazarczv7297 yup then they can fight over the scraps and remaining resources especially if north korea went nuclear un provoked and without even giving china and russia a heads up

    • @riza-2396
      @riza-2396 Год назад +36

      @@lazarczv7297 Actually they already allowed it, because the power of nuclear explosion is exaggerated, in real life the Soviet Union figured out that they can recover completely only in a decade after total nuclear war against America.

    • @riza-2396
      @riza-2396 Год назад +1

      The other way around is Fourth International Posadist, it's a failed communist idea, if the nuclear war could destroy that many things, it's even better, because nuclear weapons will also destroy old world ethnic/morality/culture, they can spread communism with no need of changing people's mind from the old society

  • @yuriart6391
    @yuriart6391 2 года назад +66

    I would like to thank this fantastic channel because here I've been learning a lot of things and also i have the opportunity of expanding my vocabulary and to increase my knowledge whose i have no idea. I'll see you in the next one

    • @SouthOfSanity79
      @SouthOfSanity79 2 года назад +5

      These guys are good I'll give you that and I have learned a few things. But like all information online the information they give you is not always 100% accurate.

    • @Zachjk123
      @Zachjk123 2 года назад +3

      @@SouthOfSanity79 No information is 100% true, no matter the source there are always alternate POVs that we miss

  • @DSW246
    @DSW246 2 месяца назад

    so by the time it took to watch this we could all be dead. Thanks for that

  • @Snacks8536
    @Snacks8536 3 месяца назад +3

    It’s crazy how the u.s have this type of technology to track missiles from thousands of miles away but they couldn’t stop 9-11.

    • @eddarby469
      @eddarby469 Месяц назад

      It's not that crazy at all. Finding the heat plume and computing the trajectory is pretty easy.

  • @Erikk87
    @Erikk87 Год назад +93

    It’s insane how quick this could happen and how the military has to be in high alert and ready at all time

    • @losballos2628
      @losballos2628 Год назад +1

      Well I think the video is a bit overoptimistic

    • @Empr.Palpatine
      @Empr.Palpatine Год назад +2

      @@losballos2628 i BEG to differ. There would be so much stress on the millitary if this were to ever happen

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Год назад +3

      That's part of why the US used to keep bombers flying with nukes and keeps fighters on standby 24/7

  • @anokisakura
    @anokisakura Год назад +34

    I work on SBIRS at Buckley, and this video was amazing. Gives a lot of insight on the entire process!

  • @rickyspanish6429
    @rickyspanish6429 2 месяца назад

    "Oh naw, Hawns Brix...."
    🤣

  • @Jhawk_2k
    @Jhawk_2k 2 месяца назад

    Ngl being in Guam for the past 2 weeks (with a layover in Seoul) makes all this stuff seem a lot more real than living in Minnesota lol

  • @mrgoodbar216
    @mrgoodbar216 Год назад +8

    If the target is Los Angeles just let it go

  • @Audiolaby
    @Audiolaby Год назад +27

    This is scary!
    Heartbeats while watchin

    • @suntzumlbb147
      @suntzumlbb147 Год назад +2

      So others who doesnt scare doesnt have heartbeats while watching?

    • @Audiolaby
      @Audiolaby Год назад +1

      @@suntzumlbb147 strong heartbeats

    • @suntzumlbb147
      @suntzumlbb147 Год назад +1

      @@Audiolaby so my heartbeats weak if im not scared?

  • @kevingarnsey9140
    @kevingarnsey9140 2 месяца назад

    Video well put together based on missile defense 20 years ago. Technology advances have greatly improved missile defense. Also the military can take out enemy missiles or other threats before consulting the white house.

  • @andrewedwards6942
    @andrewedwards6942 3 месяца назад

    GBIs in the California desert? If you are referring to the ones on alert at Vandenberg, that installation is on the coast not in the desert. MDA does not have interceptors in the CA desert.