What if We Nuke a City?

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  • @kurzgesagt
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    • @scopex3592
      @scopex3592 3 года назад +27

      Woah, Kurzgesagt randomly conments in a random time.
      I just wanna say that I love your channel, and I enjoy watching your videos.

    • @thatoneguy4701
      @thatoneguy4701 3 года назад +11

      Keep up the excellent work

    • @tanukee7908
      @tanukee7908 3 года назад +5

      @@scopex3592 exactly what that guy said!

    • @CameronGethings
      @CameronGethings 3 года назад +6

      @@tanukee7908 I agree

    • @onlinemathquiz3621
      @onlinemathquiz3621 3 года назад +4

      INDIA BEST
      ALL COUNTRYS BELONG TO INDOA

  • @anonrabbit9468
    @anonrabbit9468 4 года назад +5373

    "What if we nuke a city?"
    Everyone: "How about we don't."

    • @attacus7168
      @attacus7168 4 года назад +54

      no no i like this idea

    • @voice-less
      @voice-less 4 года назад +157

      America: How about let nuke TWO cities!

    • @Ari-nw3qy
      @Ari-nw3qy 4 года назад +44

      North Korea: How bout I do anyway

    • @snap8626
      @snap8626 4 года назад +3

      tel aviv

    • @dowjones5981
      @dowjones5981 4 года назад +3

      How about we do!? Fucken pussy!! 👍

  • @facefish1713
    @facefish1713 4 года назад +49621

    Basically, being immediately evaporated is the best case

    • @badateverything8434
      @badateverything8434 4 года назад +3783

      Face Fish yup because in most Scenarios nuclear war would happen so it’s best that you just die immediately and not have to deal with radiation and fans of people trying to kill you every second

    • @Handleisn_tAvailable
      @Handleisn_tAvailable 4 года назад +564

      Face Fish That is one way to see it

    • @How_To_Play1
      @How_To_Play1 4 года назад +1506

      or not being in the explosion radius in the first place

    • @JustABoyo
      @JustABoyo 4 года назад +1813

      Or being Switzerland

    • @linasayshush
      @linasayshush 4 года назад +1349

      Hell yeah dude, if there's a nuclear war I want the very first bomb to fall directly on my head.

  • @Lalalasoar
    @Lalalasoar 8 месяцев назад +255

    As a Japanese, i was taught that the survivors (but dying) of HIroshima and Nagasaki were ringing like bells because of the lots of pieces of glass in their bodies and they had their peeled skins in their hands. it is just terrifying.

    • @bealet9357
      @bealet9357 7 месяцев назад +10

      I'm sorry to all the civilians in Japan who went through this, but it seems like there were no analogues without fewer casualties, right?

    • @mootssss
      @mootssss 7 месяцев назад +33

      @@bealet9357 Japan was already at their limit and about to surrender before the nukes were dropped anyway

    • @bealet9357
      @bealet9357 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@mootssss Politics, everything to the end, meant that they would fight to the end, they were close to surrender, but most likely it would be followed by a month or more of war and there were over 200 thousand casualties, and the communists had to be shown that yes..

    • @nora5578
      @nora5578 5 месяцев назад +3

      『はだしのゲン』見たけど本当に言葉が出ない。まるでゾンビだ

    • @PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom
      @PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom 5 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@mootssss Incorrect, the leaders of the Japanese Military literally staged a coup to keep the war going Hiroshima. They were not even convinced it was nuclear and were going to fight till every last man. It was their written policy and doctrine. It wasn't until Nagasaki that the Emperor had to step in and agree to a total surrender. Every single documentation, account, and historian alligns with the fact that Japan was not going to surrender even after they had already been nuked once.

  • @crithi1401
    @crithi1401 Год назад +1290

    The power of the sun, forged into a weapon, in the hands of men.
    I can't think of anything that frightens me more.

    • @rhysmurch2479
      @rhysmurch2479 Год назад +1

      the power of the sun, forged into a weapon, in the hands of politicians

    • @lastsamurai3662
      @lastsamurai3662 Год назад +78

      and from here, the famous quote: "Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds"

    • @MehernurCHOWDHURY
      @MehernurCHOWDHURY Год назад +22

      swiming in the pool with your sock on seems 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙮

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Год назад

      Then you're an idiot who is easily misled. Nukes are fake.

    • @My_Lacrimosa
      @My_Lacrimosa 11 месяцев назад +7

      The friendzone

  • @jbtechcon7434
    @jbtechcon7434 4 года назад +4123

    "Let's get rid of all nukes!"
    "Okay, you first."
    "Noooooo!"

    • @notlogical4016
      @notlogical4016 4 года назад +64

      But i dont want too unless you do!

    • @ArturoTorresSanchez
      @ArturoTorresSanchez 4 года назад +338

      That's kind of the issue, actually.

    • @8beef4u
      @8beef4u 4 года назад +33

      we are getting rid of them... the us and russia have been dismantling their arsenals slowly over the past 30 years. they just need to speed it up

    • @notlogical4016
      @notlogical4016 4 года назад +71

      @@ArturoTorresSanchez thats what i was inferring, and it will never happen sadly. we should be dismantelling the bombs and use the uranium, plutonium and other recources used for nuclear reactors, and produce energy with them

    • @PropaneTreeFiddy
      @PropaneTreeFiddy 4 года назад +25

      @@8beef4u but are they really 🤔

  • @marcosvinicius-jk5bn
    @marcosvinicius-jk5bn 2 года назад +39232

    coming back to these nuke videos doesn't seem so fun anymore

    • @-Luucy-
      @-Luucy- 2 года назад +726

      yeah...

    • @czcrasto4301
      @czcrasto4301 2 года назад +1407

      Nope it's even more scary now

    • @dp-ns9gi
      @dp-ns9gi 2 года назад +233

      @@czcrasto4301 enjoy the adrenaline in your blood

    • @quelquun9011
      @quelquun9011 2 года назад +648

      Well Putin just wants us to be more curious, that’s all

    • @aditiagrawal8750
      @aditiagrawal8750 2 года назад +534

      i know right, hearing the sounds of planes now scares me

  • @carbonas
    @carbonas 8 месяцев назад +38

    After watching oppenhiemer this hits 4 times harder

  • @ANAAVGEKSYT6969
    @ANAAVGEKSYT6969 7 месяцев назад +13

    Greenland 🇬🇱: My capital is Nuuk.
    North Korea 🇰🇵: DID YOU SAY NUKE?!

  • @thatcrystalpie
    @thatcrystalpie 3 года назад +7821

    "It renders you blind for a few hours."
    So I'm blind for the rest of my life?

    • @acek2016
      @acek2016 3 года назад +337

      True.

    • @andyl5941
      @andyl5941 3 года назад +666

      It’s hard to argue with his assessment

    • @CuriousQuasit
      @CuriousQuasit 3 года назад +236

      No, actually. Depending on the ambient conditions - mainly how clear and/or bright it is outside when the attack happens - flash blindness can affect people up to about 85 km away.

    • @pmmarmarcusvarela6670
      @pmmarmarcusvarela6670 3 года назад +104

      I feel a whoooosh

    • @acek2016
      @acek2016 3 года назад +25

      Nyann Cat I can feel it in the air...

  • @FullaEels
    @FullaEels 4 года назад +2180

    Kurzgesagt last week: ants ants ants
    Kurzgesagt this week:

    • @dragonflies6793
      @dragonflies6793 4 года назад +28

      haha jacksfilms antsantsantsantsantsantsantsants

    • @mathBirb
      @mathBirb 4 года назад +4

      @@dragonflies6793 ah, i see you're a man of culture as well.

    • @jesseward4115
      @jesseward4115 4 года назад +16

      Next week, Ants with nukes.

    • @mynameismmandimheretosay7979
      @mynameismmandimheretosay7979 4 года назад +2

      ANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTSANTS

    • @nadirnovruz
      @nadirnovruz 4 года назад +2

      I loved ant videos tho😂

  • @user-nb2mw1py1j
    @user-nb2mw1py1j 7 месяцев назад +524

    "We cannot change the fact that Hiroshima was the first atomic bombing site. However, it is up to us whether Nagasaki will be the last.''
    As a Japanese citizen of Nagasaki, I will deliver these words to the world.

    • @PianistifiedForYT
      @PianistifiedForYT 6 месяцев назад +6

      I have a doubt.
      Chernobyl is now a wasteland which will not be inhabitable for over 4400 years. Why then are Hiroshima and Nagasaki not wastelands?

    • @user-nb2mw1py1j
      @user-nb2mw1py1j 6 месяцев назад +14

      That's an interesting question.
      The general theory is that because the bomb exploded high in the air, more nuclear contaminants were dispersed into the atmosphere. Another cause is water being washed away by rain or the ground being filled in.
      On the other hand, the soil at Chernobyl and Fukushima contains a lot of nuclear contaminants. That's because they exploded on the ground.

    • @PianistifiedForYT
      @PianistifiedForYT 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@user-nb2mw1py1j Apparently it was done to "maximise damage". It seems it only took a temporary toll
      I pray that no one has to witness nuclear bombings again, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

    • @quest-cequecesttonvisage
      @quest-cequecesttonvisage 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@PianistifiedForYT it also has to do with the amount of nuclear material present in a bomb vs in a nuclear power plant

    • @MatthijsvanDuin
      @MatthijsvanDuin 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@PianistifiedForYT Little Boy contained 64 kg of uranium, Fat Man only 6.4 kg of plutonium, and due to being air bursts the radioactive fallout was extremely fine dust carried to high altitude and dispersed. Chernobyl vomited several *tonnes* of radioactive material into the environment, and a large amount of it was in the form of larger particles and fragments that were deposited onto the immediate surroundings.

  • @user-qx5eq8il4e
    @user-qx5eq8il4e Год назад +196

    My grandfather lost his right leg in the war and was transferred from a hospital in Hiroshima to another hospital far away.
    If my grandfather's hospital transfer had been delayed, I wouldn't be here now.
    So what is said in this video is not someone else's problem for me.
    I hope that today's politicians and military do not make wrong or terrible choices for the sake of those who are yet to be born.

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Год назад

      Good grief, this is wrong on so many levels. Your grandfather escaped a fire bombing. Hiroshima wasn't even in the top 20 most destroyed Japanese cities. How could that have happened with "the most destructive bomb in history"?? Because it was a propagandized fake.

    • @bigbupbear
      @bigbupbear 9 месяцев назад +4

      🤓

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 9 месяцев назад

      So what?
      If your grandmother had been prettier, your grandfather would have come earlier and a different sperm would have reached the eggcell.

    • @nibble2911
      @nibble2911 7 месяцев назад +11

      This is just rude.@@bigbupbear

    • @Mogoid
      @Mogoid 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@nibble2911some people are rude, just ignore em

  • @Renrang
    @Renrang 4 года назад +55185

    "Eliminating all nuclear weapons an vowing to never build it again"
    Countries to each other: After you

    • @kaigunteitoku7281
      @kaigunteitoku7281 4 года назад +2443

      South Africa would like a word there

    • @thehotdogman9317
      @thehotdogman9317 4 года назад +850

      Exactly...

    • @rachard
      @rachard 4 года назад +1092

      no u

    • @edwardboatman4554
      @edwardboatman4554 4 года назад +2822

      thanks for pointing out the issue with this, there's probably going to be that one country that refuses, and so nobody does anything.

    • @davidknight9709
      @davidknight9709 4 года назад +1763

      “Cough cough” North Korea, Iran.…

  • @WiseOldBill
    @WiseOldBill 4 года назад +67728

    Id like to take a moment to thank Stanislov Petrov, the soviet lieutenant who refused to launch nukes during the cold war when ordered to do so

    • @ddaaa6389
      @ddaaa6389 4 года назад +10434

      yeah there was a warning that the us was sending nukes towards them but petrov thought it was just a miscommunication/error and left it alone when he was ordered to also fire nukes.

    • @alacastersoi8265
      @alacastersoi8265 4 года назад +9180

      holy, that man saved everyone

    • @connieleblanc6212
      @connieleblanc6212 4 года назад +3980

      Crazy to think about . Didn't they change guidelines because of it ?

    • @andersenzheng
      @andersenzheng 4 года назад +3068

      @@connieleblanc6212 my understanding is now all the people that dont need to know what action they are carrying out are blocked out by design. that includes the operators, the people at the lower chain of commands, they just press buttons on a schedule or occasionally do surprise drills which they would have no way of knowing that the specific button sequence they put in just launched a nuke, a light at some dude's desk or did nothing at all.

    • @khhnator
      @khhnator 4 года назад +2226

      don't forget about Vasily Alexandrovich Arkhipov too

  • @anshwadhwa3561
    @anshwadhwa3561 9 месяцев назад +35

    "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"

    • @SarahBabe
      @SarahBabe 28 дней назад

      Came here to quote the same.

  • @dreamingto90s
    @dreamingto90s 8 месяцев назад +26

    "You're the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves...and the world is not prepared."
    The quote from the movie makes sense now...

  • @imoqtz3332
    @imoqtz3332 4 года назад +4909

    “What if we nuke a city”
    Japan: we know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two

    • @Obnax
      @Obnax 4 года назад +115

      Underated

    • @User-mj2sw
      @User-mj2sw 4 года назад +75

      DARK

    • @johndimal4867
      @johndimal4867 4 года назад +23

      Zombie Hunter seen a thing or *2*

    • @JKazama182
      @JKazama182 4 года назад +60

      We are The U S, bum parum pum, pum pum pum!!!!

    • @antonioISoffLINE
      @antonioISoffLINE 4 года назад +7

      the word ''or'' makes it like they've not decided it yet

  • @dardan145
    @dardan145 4 года назад +6855

    Kurzgesagt last week: "Ants are cool aren't they?"
    Kurzgesagt this week: " let's nuke a city"

    • @cettechaineestcloture.1351
      @cettechaineestcloture.1351 4 года назад +165

      Parkour

    • @zs9652
      @zs9652 4 года назад +185

      It was the ants that set off the bomb.

    • @liquidpebbles7475
      @liquidpebbles7475 4 года назад +84

      @@zs9652 the fuckers were behind it all along

    • @bluehorse253
      @bluehorse253 4 года назад +1

      Dardan Loshi stop making memes

    • @Itsshadowgod
      @Itsshadowgod 4 года назад +8

      HxH fans: "We are no different from the ants... no we are far worse"

  • @natiliee.s.5476
    @natiliee.s.5476 Год назад +464

    It is absolutely mind-boggling that mankind can invent something that is hotter than the sun.

    • @basedbear1605
      @basedbear1605 Год назад

      Except that they didn't. It's easily provable that nukes are fake. Nagasaki and Heroshima weren't even in the top 15 most destroyed Japanese cities. It was a media/propaganda HOAX to scare the world into submission. And yes, the same people that control the USA control the rest of the world. Use some critical thinking, ffs.

    • @theerandomdude2375
      @theerandomdude2375 11 месяцев назад +16

      Just the power of what makes a atom a atom

    • @jasonlee148
      @jasonlee148 10 месяцев назад +7

      It is a miniature sun

    • @natiliee.s.5476
      @natiliee.s.5476 10 месяцев назад +13

      @jasonlee148 I totally understand that our sun is a small star compared to other's, but it's...STILL THE SUN!!! ☀️😳

    • @The_destroyer_of_doors
      @The_destroyer_of_doors 10 месяцев назад +6

      No only the surface

  • @thePeziie
    @thePeziie 9 месяцев назад +31

    Thank you for creating this educational video with such high quality and understandable script. It truly raises awareness of it, no matter how much or how little.
    I hope no one would launch any nuke ever again. 😢

  • @yungsakii
    @yungsakii 4 года назад +7079

    “What if we nuke a city”
    America: *what if we nuke two*

  • @TheOnlyIncognito
    @TheOnlyIncognito 4 года назад +5707

    I’m glad you included the idiots who’s first thoughts are to take photos

    • @PokeFan28
      @PokeFan28 4 года назад +884

      What else am i gonna do? Save the city?

    • @alfonsmuhs144
      @alfonsmuhs144 4 года назад +621

      It is not stupid... That's ten best thing you can do for information etc... To show it to the rest of the world

    • @MW3G3rmany
      @MW3G3rmany 4 года назад +524

      I mean it would be a historical event so why not

    • @Hybrid10Prime_Creative
      @Hybrid10Prime_Creative 4 года назад +542

      Death is inevitable. Why not record it for future generations?

    • @ilikepizza6826
      @ilikepizza6826 4 года назад +102

      Yeah lol I would hide behind a concrete wall or anything sturdy

  • @quintenspannuth5400
    @quintenspannuth5400 9 месяцев назад +79

    After seeing Oppenheimer I can truely understand why he was so devastated

  • @KnowledgeCat
    @KnowledgeCat 5 месяцев назад +2

    This was really well made, thank you for the great content!

  • @goldenhardt750
    @goldenhardt750 4 года назад +4021

    “What if we nuke a city?”
    Short answer: *Don’t*

    • @Mettaworldj
      @Mettaworldj 4 года назад +56

      Golden Hardt America: Hold my beer 🍺

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 4 года назад +22

      Why not two?

    • @AndyLowe-net
      @AndyLowe-net 4 года назад +5

      Insightful

    • @HeadsetHatGuy
      @HeadsetHatGuy 4 года назад +16

      @@Mettaworldj i think you mean
      *hold my hamburger*

    • @Logoritmic
      @Logoritmic 4 года назад +1

      Sad thing is that certain humans did...

  • @AndroxVT
    @AndroxVT 4 года назад +2718

    How to survive a nuclear weapon:
    Be the cameraman

    • @kevintran6738
      @kevintran6738 4 года назад +15

      Androx that’s a noice from me

    • @evan.5967
      @evan.5967 4 года назад +7

      Skeleton Masher agreed that’s godly

    • @sleepynerdola
      @sleepynerdola 4 года назад +6

      Stonks

    • @evan.5967
      @evan.5967 4 года назад +3

      SleepyBoy CS lol

    • @spacedog37
      @spacedog37 4 года назад +3

      Skeleton Masher r/wooosh

  • @seloranswivelton
    @seloranswivelton 11 месяцев назад +188

    In pretty much all atomic bomb videos, I see people who say the Japanese deserved it. My retort is that there’s a difference between individuals (eg Japanese civilians, military personnel, government officials etc) and a collective (eg the Japanese people, the nation of Japan etc).
    Most Japanese civilians either just minded their own business or at most supported the war efforts within their own country like civilians in other countries that engaged in the war did during a time when information was not as freely accessible as in uncensored areas today. Mostly only some government officials and military personnel decided on and carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor and other atrocities during WW2.
    Since the majority of the blame should be on some of the government officials and military personnel, it would generally be unfair to say the Japanese civilians or civilians of any country deserved being nuclear bombed or have other atrocities committed against them.
    For the purpose of these types of discussions, it is overly simplistic and sometimes even hateful to just group the individuals into collectives like the Japanese, the Americans etc.

    • @AU_TRL
      @AU_TRL 9 месяцев назад +9

      Correct. These statements you are talking about really only mean anything in a world where there is only collective agency. I don’t endorse a lot of my own nation’s foreign policy, so why ought I be culpable for their decisions?

    • @pv6189
      @pv6189 9 месяцев назад +17

      The entrance to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima clearly states the historical fact that the Japanese military invaded China and other countries. In other words, Japan is not unconcerned about its own crimes.
      I am saddened by the fact that the world's worst weapon was dropped on the heads of the innocent people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, regardless of what Japan did in the Pacific War.

    • @justsomeserpentwithinterne2953
      @justsomeserpentwithinterne2953 8 месяцев назад +4

      Correction: the bombings of Pearl Harbor was not a simple act of war, since the bombings occurred mainly on weekends, the armed personnel were considered civilians as well. Hope this clears up any confusion about the Japanese civilians didn’t deserve this.

    • @justadummy8076
      @justadummy8076 8 месяцев назад +1

      Except unless action was taken against the actual people, the government wasn’t going to stop, and there wasn’t any single government facility nuke site that would’ve convinced the Japanese to end the war, it’s of course heartless, but it saved thousands of American soldiers from going into a deadly ground war on enemy turf

    • @commanderkris93
      @commanderkris93 8 месяцев назад +2

      The problem is, most of japanese military and gonverment personel died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And civilians were just another cost.

  • @filmreviewer117
    @filmreviewer117 10 месяцев назад +3

    Brilliant video. Insightful and terrifying at the same time well done.

    • @davidnewland2556
      @davidnewland2556 9 месяцев назад +2

      the best thing to do when you get inside go lowest remember the fallout will plate out on the roof what you want to do stay aslow as you canin the base ment get against the basement wall gosh I wish I could draw a picture of a house, when your'e against the wall sit on the floorremember the fallout is possibly on the ground out side even with the actual ground level getting below ground level is best.move beds into the basement,maybe I should do a video on what to do next: it's too much in formation to type in a comment space.

  • @sstyle9335
    @sstyle9335 4 года назад +3625

    “What if we nuke a city”
    Japan: If?

    • @graylindblad1261
      @graylindblad1261 4 года назад +206

      This is worse. The little boy and fat man were sloppy and were literally just
      “We have big bomb we want test it”

    • @rubixia4077
      @rubixia4077 4 года назад +60

      Gray Lindblad I mean not really. More like we don’t want to invade mainland Japan.

    • @budoumurasaki5856
      @budoumurasaki5856 4 года назад +19

      Rubixia I mean it is really. Then what is the point of using two different type of bombs? It is nothing but testing and showing how “strong” you are. Just use the same bomb you tested if it is not testing.

    • @xboxjunkie1931
      @xboxjunkie1931 4 года назад +27

      Japan: First time?

    • @arktheman3391
      @arktheman3391 4 года назад +17

      Murasaki Budou Japan always fought till the end no matter what they do. That’s why you don’t want to invade main land Japan it was a test and yes it was to show how strong they are but the war would just go on if we didn’t do that.

  • @Fluxx_edits
    @Fluxx_edits 2 года назад +4450

    "Hey, that cloud looks like a car"
    "That one looks like a dog"
    "And that one looks like a mushroo-"

    • @ahmetkeremcetin9284
      @ahmetkeremcetin9284 2 года назад +87

      Actually that was pretty fun

    • @feelstoomuch37
      @feelstoomuch37 2 года назад +30

      HAHAHAH

    • @zacksulics8021
      @zacksulics8021 2 года назад +18

      Thats a good comment.

    • @XnoobSpeakable
      @XnoobSpeakable 2 года назад +61

      More accurate version
      "Hey, that cloud looks like a car"
      "That one looks like a dog"
      "a- AAAA HELP I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT NOW IM BLIND HELP HE- AAAAAAAAAA THE WINDOW SHATTERED THERES LOTS OF GLASS SHARDS STUCK IN MY BO- WAIT WHAT IM DEAF? I CANT HEAR ANYTHI- AAA ITS SO PAINFUL JESUS THERES A PUDDLE OF BLOOD UNDER ME IM GONNA DIE SOO- **passes out**"
      **dies moments after, later his body gets burned and turned into coal**
      **his friends that escaped start vomiting and die of radiation soon after their skin starts peeling away**

    • @blulemon7481
      @blulemon7481 2 года назад +8

      Username checks out

  • @user-ep2oj2hd8s
    @user-ep2oj2hd8s 6 месяцев назад +33

    I'm Japanese and a grandchild of atomic bomb victims. In Japan, all children learn about the real damage of nuclear weapons, but nowadays, atomic bomb victims are over 80 years old. So we are hard to know real voice of victim...
    I think this video can tell us the threat of nuclear weapons clearly. Thank you for making this video.
    I strongly want everyone in this world to know that nuclear weapons are not " just large bombs", they mean " literally the end of the world".
    I hope Nagasaki becomes the last place where was attacked by nuclear weapons.

  • @WilhelmRillhelm
    @WilhelmRillhelm 8 месяцев назад

    I Must say, the music really helps to show just how terrifying such a scenario is.

  • @bujuice2116
    @bujuice2116 4 года назад +3677

    Me: eating dinner
    Kurzgesagt: here is your daily dose of anxiety

    • @golexgames5094
      @golexgames5094 4 года назад +39

      And fear

    • @nuclearwolf9306
      @nuclearwolf9306 4 года назад +36

      Thank you Kurzgesagt,Very cool!

    • @rachard
      @rachard 4 года назад +16

      + depression

    • @Stoatshine
      @Stoatshine 4 года назад +16

      I mentally read that in the voice and tone of the Kurzgesagt narrator. It's funny, but do not recommend directly after watching this.

    • @Mr_Freds_Studio
      @Mr_Freds_Studio 4 года назад +1

      same

  • @phicamsi61
    @phicamsi61 3 года назад +2478

    Short answer: They die.
    Long answer: They all die.

    • @yourbigfan1777
      @yourbigfan1777 3 года назад +62

      Short answer: death
      Long answer: deeeeeeaath

    • @alenationph
      @alenationph 3 года назад +18

      Very long answer: They will friken dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 3 года назад +10

      Longer answer: nuclear weapons have prevented WW3 due to MAD.

    • @Dunno_a_aname4dis
      @Dunno_a_aname4dis 3 года назад +2

      Even longer answer, they’ll all die at some point

    • @mantasulcinas6634
      @mantasulcinas6634 3 года назад +2

      Longest answer:
      TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEEEEYYYYYY AAAAAAARRRRRREEEE DDDDDDEEEEEAAAADDD

  • @Hdbzhxxhxyxhx
    @Hdbzhxxhxyxhx 6 месяцев назад +12

    My grandmother saw the light of the atomic bomb in Okayama, next to Hiroshima.
    It took two hours by car from the hypocenter in Hiroshima to my grandma's house, which is about 135Km if you search on Google map.
    For me, I had never really felt how powerful it was, even though I had heard and seen it in classes and anime.
    It is very frightening to hear my grandma's story and to think that today's nuclear bombs may be more powerful than they were back then.

    • @arnold3768
      @arnold3768 6 месяцев назад +2

      They are more powerful. Hiroshima's bomb power was 15 kilotons, an average US warhead nowadays is about 200 kilotons.

    • @bluemist333
      @bluemist333 Месяц назад

      nope better try megatons and they are mutable warheads not single.@@arnold3768

  • @limegrass
    @limegrass 9 месяцев назад +9

    I'd be haunted if I was Oppenheimer

  • @masonadams4640
    @masonadams4640 4 года назад +1987

    "one moment you're on your way to work, the next you're on fire"
    *Wow, that escalated quickly.*

    • @Kalanchoe1
      @Kalanchoe1 4 года назад +14

      such is life

    • @rahuldhargalkar
      @rahuldhargalkar 4 года назад +3

      :'(

    • @HoucKSF
      @HoucKSF 4 года назад +19

      Terrifying statement.

    • @ericsilva6787
      @ericsilva6787 4 года назад +5

      That's the point

    • @user00289
      @user00289 4 года назад

      Can you guys go on my yt and click on the video that says “get this video to 100k” it would really be appreciated

  • @jatinbhosle4132
    @jatinbhosle4132 9 месяцев назад +5

    US government to Oppenheimer:

  • @kidsacct6892
    @kidsacct6892 9 месяцев назад +10

    "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
    -Robert J. Oppenheimer

  • @nuyavang
    @nuyavang 3 года назад +2919

    "What if we Nuke a City?"
    People watching this in 2020: [Softly] _Dont._

    • @squiddy9233
      @squiddy9233 3 года назад +9

      Isn't this stolen?
      I dunno

    • @nuyavang
      @nuyavang 3 года назад +13

      @@squiddy9233 ?

    • @squiddy9233
      @squiddy9233 3 года назад +7

      @@nuyavang I dunno I've seen like 16 of these comments
      So yeah I really dunno

    • @nuyavang
      @nuyavang 3 года назад +8

      @@squiddy9233 oh-

    • @pooppoop9912
      @pooppoop9912 3 года назад +5

      Wasn't there a explosion in a town in 2020?

  • @Tokito935
    @Tokito935 4 года назад +1600

    "The Survivors lucky enough to be in metro tunnels"
    Artyom: Oh yeah, it's all coming together

  • @edward2879
    @edward2879 9 месяцев назад +7

    who is here after watching Cristopher Nolan's openheimer in imax
    👇

  • @auroratheicewingrainwinghy1665
    @auroratheicewingrainwinghy1665 2 месяца назад +4

    Can't believe it's been 4 years since this gem... is it weird that that makes me feel old? XD (I'm soon to be 18 at the time of writing this)

    • @bsadewitz
      @bsadewitz 2 месяца назад +1

      Lol, old?
      No, it's not weird. 4 years is the length of HS. That is a long time for you. Now, at 43, 3-4 years feels like 1 used to. Seriously.
      You won't notice it much until about your mid 30s. Then ... ZANG!

    • @bsadewitz
      @bsadewitz 2 месяца назад +1

      Wow, I was older than u are now on 9/11. Sorry, I just can't sleep and was already ruminating about age and time, and your comment struck me as so innocent and sweet.
      You need not ever feel weird or defective or whatever over your own feelings. NEVER.

  • @itzolie
    @itzolie 4 года назад +12123

    Living in a small town suddenly doesn’t sound so bad.

  • @steveptrd8476
    @steveptrd8476 4 года назад +4984

    “Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would invent a mousetrap.”
    - Albert Einstein

    • @348joey
      @348joey 4 года назад +658

      If the mice were competing for food, you bet your ass they would want to make a mousetrap.

    • @ind4730
      @ind4730 4 года назад +248

      @@348joey quite a gut u have to challenge Einstein....nice logic tho

    • @jackryan2612
      @jackryan2612 4 года назад +335

      "I know not what weapons world war 3 will be fought with, but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones"
      -also einstein

    • @steveptrd8476
      @steveptrd8476 4 года назад +55

      @@348joey you wouldn't have anymore food after a nuclear blast 😂

    • @steveptrd8476
      @steveptrd8476 4 года назад +12

      @@jackryan2612 so true

  • @DrkRatchet105Rides
    @DrkRatchet105Rides 9 месяцев назад +6

    "I believe we did"

  • @TSMKJr
    @TSMKJr 4 месяца назад +1

    One of the best and important videos I have ever watched

  • @thenotflatearth2714
    @thenotflatearth2714 4 года назад +1237

    “Bring a piece of sun to earth”
    “Explode all nuclear weapons in Amazon”
    Now this
    Are you planning something

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +93

      They’re totally not plotting a nuclear war so the birds can take over the planet or anything

    • @ImReign
      @ImReign 4 года назад +27

      You know too much...

    • @adarshsridhar6051
      @adarshsridhar6051 4 года назад +36

      “I am god”-Kurzgesagt 2019

    • @benmoor7886
      @benmoor7886 4 года назад +7

      @@ImReign quick, contact hq, he can't be left alive

    • @krakenking8763
      @krakenking8763 4 года назад +3

      Is that why the Amazon is on fire?

  • @paeratatahuriorangi498
    @paeratatahuriorangi498 4 года назад +1957

    Kurzgesagt: “What if we...”
    Everyone not wanting an existential crisis: “ *N O* “

    • @Bltzflx
      @Bltzflx 4 года назад +3

      Kurzgesagt is a German word

    • @fichcaksksks2704
      @fichcaksksks2704 4 года назад +8

      LETS NUKE ANIME FANBOYS SICK OF ANIME PFP AND AHEGAO SWEATERS, LETS NUKE WHO EVER MADE MANGA AND ANIME

    • @fichcaksksks2704
      @fichcaksksks2704 4 года назад +3

      LET USE ALL OUR NUKES TO NUKE JAPAN, ITS WHAT THEY DESERVE FOR MAKING ANIME

    • @5spec
      @5spec 4 года назад

      lol

    • @veritabletheropod
      @veritabletheropod 4 года назад +23

      @@fichcaksksks2704 Hot take incoming: Anime would never exist if Japan wasn't nuked in WW2.

  • @RegularSizedRon64
    @RegularSizedRon64 9 месяцев назад +2

    I lost 30,000 men in a blink of an eye. And the world just fckn watched.

  • @littlechef4710
    @littlechef4710 9 месяцев назад +3

    Decided to re-watch this after Oppenheimer

  • @myttydohun4851
    @myttydohun4851 4 года назад +2615

    “What if we nuked a city? lmao”
    Hiroshima: YEAH. WHAT IF?

    • @BBoySnakeDogG
      @BBoySnakeDogG 4 года назад +287

      Nagasaki like the ignored step child

    • @alexmorales8751
      @alexmorales8751 4 года назад +8

      @@BBoySnakeDogG ikr

    • @travismccutchan3144
      @travismccutchan3144 4 года назад +95

      Mytty Dohun well the nukes used on those cities are less than 1/1000 the power of the nukes we have now.

    • @quickters3851
      @quickters3851 4 года назад +12

      Travis McCutchan Oh s h I t

    • @ayuchanayuko
      @ayuchanayuko 4 года назад +15

      Inb4 they were "atomized" not nuked xD

  • @cruye9633
    @cruye9633 4 года назад +592

    "You wouldn't die of anything, per se, you'd just stop being biology and start being physics."

    • @necr0danc3r29
      @necr0danc3r29 4 года назад +30

      Chill out there Dr. Manhattan.

    • @darkcoffeebean7299
      @darkcoffeebean7299 4 года назад +4

      felt that

    • @quantumhorizon7514
      @quantumhorizon7514 4 года назад +7

      Only if you are lucky enough to be close enough. Otherwise, you are for a slow-painful death.

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 4 года назад +10

      everybody gangsta until you start breaking down at the molecular level

    • @gabedarrett1301
      @gabedarrett1301 4 года назад +5

      I see you know XKCD

  • @Graehaus
    @Graehaus Год назад +13

    Still scary 3 years later. I learnt years ago that my little coastal town had at one time, or maybe still has 4 missiles aimed at it. Hopefully if it happens, we go quick.

    • @Ocoro_
      @Ocoro_ 11 месяцев назад

      Smh you really think they would aim 4 missiles at some random town instead of things like New York, London, Toronto, Istanbul or litterally any other large cities in the world

    • @FalconWindblader
      @FalconWindblader 10 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Ocoro_Depends on the town really. & 4 missiles ain't nothing to militaries out to fight wars. They're looking to fire such things at least in the hundreds in just a single year after all.

    • @Graehaus
      @Graehaus 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@Ocoro_ we are a deep water harbour, so all those big US ships use to refuel at, so in the cold era. Pretty strategic to wipe a line like that.
      And also NYC, would only need one massive bomb to wipe out a chunk of the densely populated city like that. For example.

    • @Ocoro_
      @Ocoro_ 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Graehaus Fair enough, sorry if I seemed aggressive I had a really bad day I think

    • @DrEldersAnatomyChannel
      @DrEldersAnatomyChannel 8 месяцев назад

      Better to have 4 weapons aimed at your city than none.

  • @harsh4725
    @harsh4725 9 месяцев назад +1

    What an animation and your coverage 🥶

  • @Jayko30
    @Jayko30 4 года назад +1051

    using nukes follows a simple procedure... the one who shoots first dies second

    • @burnsZY85
      @burnsZY85 4 года назад +17

      MAD.

    • @tama5380
      @tama5380 4 года назад +6

      Underrated

    • @alixlegend7952
      @alixlegend7952 4 года назад +7

      r/i’mnot14butthat’sdeep

    • @HoangPham-wp9gu
      @HoangPham-wp9gu 4 года назад +8

      *USA and Japan have joined the chat*

    • @Jayko30
      @Jayko30 4 года назад +5

      @@HoangPham-wp9gu with modern nukes yes... the fallout dust and debrie would be big enough for global winter

  • @issaphae9659
    @issaphae9659 4 года назад +1584

    “what if we nuke a city?”
    america: well lemme tell you

    • @chipsarc
      @chipsarc 4 года назад +33

      issa phae COWABUNGA IT IS

    • @G46s
      @G46s 4 года назад +50

      asia: oh shit here we go again

    • @QuintaFeira12
      @QuintaFeira12 4 года назад +20

      "the hard part is choosing which"

    • @musa9371
      @musa9371 4 года назад +2

      well said issa

    • @forsommyr4282
      @forsommyr4282 4 года назад +5

      “What happens when we nuke a city?”
      America: Sit down my child, as we talk about the true story of Japan in WWII.

  • @dimitrialex6223
    @dimitrialex6223 9 месяцев назад

    Can you let us know who composes your music? Absolutely loved it.

  • @josevallez6064
    @josevallez6064 9 месяцев назад +2

    In fact, Oppenheimer already did it.

  • @Bassywassy20
    @Bassywassy20 4 года назад +820

    I'm not worried, I own a fridge.

    • @meikelwupp7044
      @meikelwupp7044 4 года назад +35

      Bas Waaijer Indiana Jones?

    • @Bassywassy20
      @Bassywassy20 4 года назад +10

      @@meikelwupp7044 Yes!

    • @Kdubz
      @Kdubz 4 года назад +21

      I thought this was a fallout 4 reference about billy the kid ghoul.

    • @vimos.9996
      @vimos.9996 4 года назад +6

      ControllerLoner That stemmed from Indiana Jones

    • @glitchtalefrisk2957
      @glitchtalefrisk2957 4 года назад

      Bas Waaijer I also do

  • @this_is_ely0305
    @this_is_ely0305 4 года назад +1844

    "OH cool, a new Kurzgesagt video!"
    9 mins later: "I need to hug my children."

    • @chivalrousdipstick5675
      @chivalrousdipstick5675 4 года назад +39

      Ely Sanchez What children? They were sacrificed to appease the nuke gods and save us all

    • @alexandrealferan7144
      @alexandrealferan7144 4 года назад +16

      Nihilism and Existentialism is all part of the process of the ubermench

    • @christopherpadilla5244
      @christopherpadilla5244 4 года назад +2

      @@alexandrealferan7144 dude Wtf lmao

    • @iplaygames896
      @iplaygames896 4 года назад

      Ely Sanchez fuck I made the same joke sorta :(.

    • @charlesbarnett1701
      @charlesbarnett1701 4 года назад

      Ely Sanchez excuse me, you are an introvert at 3AM watching a kurzgesagt video on nukes, I know for a fact that u do not have children

  • @Model_BT-7274
    @Model_BT-7274 8 месяцев назад

    Can we talk a how great the animation is??

  • @zekevideos4real
    @zekevideos4real 2 месяца назад +2

    Imagine you left that city with your family, days later, you turn on the TV and realize how *fucking insane* your luck was.

  • @francisii1679
    @francisii1679 3 года назад +3365

    "hey ferb i know what we're gonna do today"

  • @bhargavrokade9279
    @bhargavrokade9279 3 года назад +2408

    Even if we nuke the city ,the cameraman will still survive

    • @MGSLurmey
      @MGSLurmey 3 года назад +191

      The cameraman *always survives.*

    • @ampe6464
      @ampe6464 3 года назад +18

      But not unless it’s a movie

    • @veetierkkila3737
      @veetierkkila3737 3 года назад +21

      @@otokonara706 no there isnt

    • @GrizzleyBearington
      @GrizzleyBearington 3 года назад +11

      What an original joke. Haven’t heard this one before.

    • @rickastley4993
      @rickastley4993 3 года назад +28

      bruhtastic give it a rest dude RUclips is full of unoriginal comments. People are just joking around

  • @oweeyformallyknownasokok4752
    @oweeyformallyknownasokok4752 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you! I am currently doing research for a novella I'm writing that takes place after a devastating nuclear war, but with a heavy focus on realism, no cut corners. I won't nuke anything, but I won't BS my way through it either.

    • @115islandscompass6
      @115islandscompass6 3 месяца назад

      This is not well known in foreign countries, but the number of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to increase year by year, and that has exceeded 520,000 so far.
      This is because deaths from diseases due to exposure are also counted.

  • @liam3284
    @liam3284 9 месяцев назад +6

    In Hiroshima, they did restore the railway and get in some supplies and help in 48 hours. But that is also because, there was some practice in responding to firebombing of cities. The problem is, if you survived the blast you need to get as far away as possible, as soon as possible. The radiation damage is cumulative.

    • @kedrednael
      @kedrednael 8 месяцев назад +1

      The bomb described here is a 100x more powerful than the ones dropped on Hiroshima.

  • @adyn315
    @adyn315 3 года назад +1838

    “What if we nuked a city?”
    10 minutes later:
    “How to unpress charges against you”

    • @harrysox2815
      @harrysox2815 3 года назад +36

      How to get off watchlist

    • @MP-vc4nu
      @MP-vc4nu 3 года назад +17

      10 minutes later
      “What if FBI is on our channel?”

    • @MP-vc4nu
      @MP-vc4nu 3 года назад +7

      First, a flash, everyone in this channel have a a massive bang from their door.
      Meaning everywhere your house is now filled with armoured men.

    • @xxxtakaji-kaixxx9016
      @xxxtakaji-kaixxx9016 3 года назад +2

      I guess that person is paying all the Insurance to $900,000,00

    • @adamadam-ey6mv
      @adamadam-ey6mv 3 года назад +1

      Just by doing it

  • @stevewaclo167
    @stevewaclo167 4 года назад +1257

    To quote from the movie “War Games”, “The only way to win is not to play...”.

    • @pXnTilde
      @pXnTilde 4 года назад +18

      You're already playing. Chess mate.

    • @donjon5442
      @donjon5442 4 года назад +21

      Andrew Rakos Check Mate

    • @Thlormby
      @Thlormby 4 года назад +2

      You can win a thermonuclear war, depending on what your goal is and who your enemy is.

    • @logam9954
      @logam9954 4 года назад

      @@pXnTilde chess mate

    • @smileybones9172
      @smileybones9172 4 года назад +5

      "Strange game...."

  • @deniseeulert2503
    @deniseeulert2503 11 месяцев назад +1

    There was a TV movie about the explosion of a small nuke in Charleston SC. The mention in this video of the blizzard of sharp glass was seen later in the show, when a newswoman kneels down to pick glass out of the back of a coworker.

  • @AWieEinfachHD
    @AWieEinfachHD 9 месяцев назад +7

    Weird that this gets recommended to me after watching Oppenheimer

  • @daffamumtaz2361
    @daffamumtaz2361 4 года назад +540

    Select weapon:
    Tank
    Airplane
    [ Extinction ball ]

  • @kaicheng6471
    @kaicheng6471 4 года назад +391

    5:50 That helicopter is the best animation model you have ever made

    • @Aw-xl8un
      @Aw-xl8un 4 года назад +56

      Jack we just gonna ignore the fact that they made an effort to animate people limping

    • @Kevindude8868
      @Kevindude8868 4 года назад +80

      The entire animation in general was amazing the animation team really stepped up their game and did an incredible job

    • @machtenart3753
      @machtenart3753 4 года назад +6

      Wow didn't notice that the first time watching, that is damn impressive

    • @pianojay5146
      @pianojay5146 4 года назад +3

      Thank you for telling that! It seemed to have a lot of effort in it.

    • @johnconner9149
      @johnconner9149 4 года назад +1

      SH-3 Sea King Search and Rescue Helicopter

  • @Mr_smart_cat
    @Mr_smart_cat 3 месяца назад +5

    ‘Pressure’ - works good for democracy, but not so well for dictatorship

  • @josephhuelbig
    @josephhuelbig 7 месяцев назад +1

    If you can get a propane tank filled with liquid hydrogen to stay cool with liquid nitrogen you can use a tattoo removal laser for a triggering mechanism and have an explosive that reaches nuclear sometimes; like a "sometimes nuke". Not a huge radius.

  • @rosstheboss1014
    @rosstheboss1014 4 года назад +2158

    “What if we detonate a nuke in a city?”
    -*America looks at Japan*

    • @imdune701
      @imdune701 4 года назад +217

      Japan : **Chuckles** *Im in danger*

    • @dmtripreport8542
      @dmtripreport8542 4 года назад +8

      Japan reported it as fire bombing. I don't think we set off a nuke in Japan. It's been proven that the nukes aren't why Japan surrendered from the war, as we're led to believe.

    • @AFlyingCookieLOL
      @AFlyingCookieLOL 4 года назад +17

      @@dmtripreport8542 Yup, it's the 2 fronts Japan faced in the war just like Germany.

    • @Dddddeeeeee
      @Dddddeeeeee 4 года назад +99

      DMTrip Report lol wut

    • @dmtripreport8542
      @dmtripreport8542 4 года назад +7

      ​@@AFlyingCookieLOL The same logic applies when considering that 6 million seems a little high, when you're busy fighting a two front war.

  • @patricianash9207
    @patricianash9207 3 года назад +2037

    "Hey ferb I know what we are going to do today"

  • @srracing2764
    @srracing2764 9 месяцев назад +3

    Now I've become death the destroyer of worlds

  • @alexcrouse
    @alexcrouse 7 месяцев назад +1

    The problem with eliminating nuclear weapons is there is no way to guarantee that the other guy has as well.

  • @Tenjeen
    @Tenjeen 4 года назад +679

    This channel never fails to throw me into an existential crisis, I love it

    • @iplaygames_yt9064
      @iplaygames_yt9064 4 года назад +4

      IKR

    • @kohlcooke8789
      @kohlcooke8789 4 года назад

      Good luck sleeping tonight!

    • @sal_8
      @sal_8 4 года назад

      I have channel whit do this but is better.

    • @infinityj2268
      @infinityj2268 4 года назад +2

      *Kurzgesagt uploads new video*
      Me: "Aw shit, here we go again."

  • @nicholasvu9720
    @nicholasvu9720 4 года назад +2606

    "Imagine we nuke a city"
    US: yeah imagine hahaha o_O

    • @khaalidazeez2115
      @khaalidazeez2115 4 года назад +17

      💀💀😐

    • @kaibaing4288
      @kaibaing4288 4 года назад +62

      Today's nukes are even more dangerous
      And the damage caused will also be more in a globalised world.people from different countries are spread everywhere

    • @aceeder2
      @aceeder2 4 года назад +52

      Image if we nuked TWO cities

    • @omnical6135
      @omnical6135 4 года назад +36

      "what if we nuke a city? haha jk jk unless..."

    • @mildlyaggravated7066
      @mildlyaggravated7066 4 года назад +35

      @@aceeder2 Wanna watch me nuke a city? Wanna see me do it again?

  • @hannekeboeijen1089
    @hannekeboeijen1089 9 месяцев назад +2

    just watched oppenheimer, it makes me even sadder...

  • @kat.nicolette
    @kat.nicolette 6 месяцев назад +1

    I’m loving how this was narrated.

  • @DJ_Hub2000
    @DJ_Hub2000 3 года назад +1656

    How to survive a nuclear attack:
    1. Get in the fridge

  • @MePeterNicholls
    @MePeterNicholls 4 года назад +1110

    The voice over is so matter of fact. “You’re on fire”.

    • @GravityGuava
      @GravityGuava 4 года назад +5

      @@timothydorfman8425 ​ @Ordackque The weirdest thing is I can hear that coming from the Narrator's voice perfectly.

    • @celty228
      @celty228 4 года назад +4

      You’ve got seconds to say goodbye to everyone and everything you’ve ever loved and worked for. You will never see them again, as you are already completely charred.

    • @jarrod752
      @jarrod752 4 года назад

      Statistically speaking, he's not wrong.

    • @twentytwentyoneishvkmemory7430
      @twentytwentyoneishvkmemory7430 4 года назад

      @@GravityGuava ME TOO

    • @twentytwentyoneishvkmemory7430
      @twentytwentyoneishvkmemory7430 4 года назад

      @@timothydorfman8425 oof

  • @Grigeral
    @Grigeral Год назад +31

    The problem here, is the threat of mutually assured destruction is enough to stave off some who would otherwise be more inclined to drop them in the first place.
    This is why simply saying "Nukes are bad, destroy all of them..." doesn't work. If everyone agreed to do it, but then some of the more notorious leaders didn't, but everyone else did, there's no threat to prevent them from using them.
    Removing your strongest weapons from the table without being able to ensure everyone else actually does it to won't help anyone, it will lead only to destruction of those who follow it.

    • @giantmutantbug
      @giantmutantbug 11 месяцев назад

      I think it's actually impossible to get rid of all nukes. people don't trust each other at all to not have them.

    • @vallahdsacretor4839
      @vallahdsacretor4839 11 месяцев назад +2

      That's always been the issue among nations. Until nations put ink to paper for treaties and alliances, iron clad agreements of non-aggression, and work to maintain amicable relations, the threat of war is always there. It may be low in modern times, but it's a non-zero number. And given how tensions all across the world are rising, externally and internally, the idea of demilitarizing and denuclearizing is as unappealing as ever. We're on the cusp of a potential WWIII, everyone can see it. All it takes is that first spark.
      As the saying goes, it's better to have a weapon and not use it, than to need a weapon and not have it. And unfortunately, this is our best method of preventing WWIII.

    • @Grigeral
      @Grigeral 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@vallahdsacretor4839 "iron clad agreements of non-aggression" - Unfortunately, this is never going to be possible. Even if you 'had' a treaty that forbade any kind of aggression on a global scale, it doesn't actually 'prevent' those things from taking place.
      Russia/Ukraine is a classic example. Russia has breached numerous geneva conventions, including attacking civilian medical facilties. But how do you enforce that, beyond through military force?

    • @The_Lucent_Archangel
      @The_Lucent_Archangel 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Grigeral You furthered your original point but likely not in the way you thought. The Ukrainians agreed to relinquish the Soviet-era warheads left on their soil after the USSR fell with the understanding that they would not face Russian aggression or have any chance of becoming a NATO signatory (to avoid encircling / threatening Russian territory).
      The West in the years since then actively screwed them over by continuing to make overtures and flirt with the idea of bringing them into the EU and/or NATO, and even had a hand in the 2014 coup that installed heavily anti-Russo politicians into power. While that doesn't excuse the invasion, it does show that giving up a potential nuclear deterrent paired with the manner of world policing statecraft that has become notorious over decades is a recipe for a nation caught in the middle to be at greater risk of attack.

    • @Grigeral
      @Grigeral 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@The_Lucent_Archangel it was more a hypothetical argument I was making on how you enforce something when you have nothing to back it up.
      What you're raising is a whole other argument. My stance on that, would be that Ukraine is not a part of Russia. As such, Russia have zero say over who Ukraine have dealings with, be it NATO or otherwise, whether they like it or not.
      It might justify the war in the eyes of Russian officials, but that's pretty much it. They have no control over them, so have don't have rights like they seem to believe.

  • @tmilesffl
    @tmilesffl 9 месяцев назад +1

    There are a number of variables not discussed here. The yield of the nuke is the biggest one and how many tall buildings, and how tall, are in the blast area is another big variable.

  • @NesirahGanks
    @NesirahGanks 4 года назад +808

    How many existential crisis videos do we need?
    Kurzgesagt: Yes

    • @project_uncomplete992
      @project_uncomplete992 4 года назад +3

      also cgp grey with humans need not apply

    • @N.M.E.
      @N.M.E. 4 года назад

      Kurzgesagt: Alle

    • @bulk_manifesto3624
      @bulk_manifesto3624 4 года назад +3

      This is not existential video, more like disaster preparedness and advocacy.

    • @greatalaska6429
      @greatalaska6429 4 года назад

      fear mongering

    • @SerbianMealTime
      @SerbianMealTime 4 года назад

      Go check Mutually Assured Destruction. Any country that uses nuclear weapon risks being nuked itself.
      So while its true that if ISIS or someone thats just completely suicidal gets their hands on nuke would be bad, nukes are also what is stopping many wars from happening.
      US is never going to attack Russia with nukes because it would mean they are both going to get destroyed.
      Also people that are just batshit crazy aren't going to care about any agreement, they will build their own nuke if they want and then be the only ones with the nuke.
      This is just dumb in my opinion to get rid of them

  • @theexchipmunk
    @theexchipmunk 4 года назад +2687

    Waiter: Sir, your serving of existential fear is ready.
    Me: Ahhh, finally.

    • @Nestoras_Zogopoulos
      @Nestoras_Zogopoulos 4 года назад +35

      mere seconds later : *Screaming sounds*

    • @magisterrleth3129
      @magisterrleth3129 4 года назад +32

      Nothing like a discussion about the effects of a fatal dose of instant sunshine to make you bright and chipper in the morning.

    • @tajbidnawazkhan4051
      @tajbidnawazkhan4051 4 года назад +1

      Replace easier with RUclips

    • @kosmickalamity7071
      @kosmickalamity7071 4 года назад +3

      Yeah kurzgesagt is good at that lol

    • @jacobesterson
      @jacobesterson 4 года назад +12

      Look on the bright side, if it ever does happen and you're close enough to the blast zone it'll be the quickest death you could ever possibly hope for. I don't think you'd even have time to register the pain before you vaporise, let alone have the time to scream.

  • @Ud1ve
    @Ud1ve 9 месяцев назад +1

    30 Minutes ago i left the Cinema after watching Oppenheimer.
    Now i watch this video again.

  • @giuseppecastellese1432
    @giuseppecastellese1432 8 месяцев назад

    Removing nuclear weapons is like openings a gate where behind there are a lot of new conflicts

  • @jaghatai_bulut
    @jaghatai_bulut 4 года назад +668

    Can we take a moment to appreciate how amazing the voice actor at his job

    • @neremin
      @neremin 4 года назад +62

      Nah, i'm too busy appreciating how amazing the animators are at their job

    • @rafif1662
      @rafif1662 4 года назад +45

      I'm too busy appreciating how amazing this all is. Animation is amazing, information is amazing, and the fact that his voice isn't annoying as hell is amazing

    • @makky6239
      @makky6239 4 года назад +2

      Wait, he isn't the owner of the channel? My life is a lie

    • @TristanPopken
      @TristanPopken 4 года назад +11

      @@makky6239 Kursgesagt is owned by a whole team of editors, and of course the voice actor. For every video they upload, they spend another couple of 100 combined hours in editing and finding information. These videos simply can't be made by a single human at this upload schedule. Too much in too little time.

    • @sundance81677
      @sundance81677 4 года назад

      Mr Pupp is this the same guy who pronounced tornadoes correctly but not hurricanes?

  • @radianzero
    @radianzero 4 года назад +937

    Kurzgesasgt: "What if we *Nuke* a city?"
    General Mcarthur: "Haha, 'if'."

    • @Cappyblappy416
      @Cappyblappy416 4 года назад +3

      You Filipino?

    • @iamhorny4542
      @iamhorny4542 4 года назад +12

      laughs into Gandhi

    • @litobeatz639
      @litobeatz639 4 года назад +6

      Laughs in Pacific Ocean

    • @Marc-io8qm
      @Marc-io8qm 4 года назад +5

      Most of the West is being slowly socially nuked by the globalist elite via the twin lies of diversity and multiculturalism.

    • @tskmaster3837
      @tskmaster3837 4 года назад +2

      I was thinking of him too. He wanted to use nukes in Korea after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
      However, he had nothing to do with bombing Japan. He was kept out of the loop because Roosevelt thought he had a big mouth and it wouldn't have been long before he told the press "Guess what we have!"

  • @hamzahalabi
    @hamzahalabi 9 месяцев назад +30

    Who's here after Oppenheimer?

  • @sonder9105
    @sonder9105 8 месяцев назад +1

    After watching Oppenheimer, I rewatched this video with another level of utmost horror.

  • @cheekybum1513
    @cheekybum1513 4 года назад +1539

    “The survivors lucky enough to have been in metros”
    Ah yes, spartan.

    • @jackmara882
      @jackmara882 4 года назад +17

      The Metro is a lie!

    • @vorazmesias
      @vorazmesias 4 года назад +15

      @@jackmara882 Hey! don't spoiler the book!

    • @strangeanimations2518
      @strangeanimations2518 4 года назад +2

      Hi Cheeky Bum

    • @TouhouFan
      @TouhouFan 4 года назад +1

      Its only us! Nothing else

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 4 года назад +21

      @SpinazFou Metro 2033, I guess. I live close enough to Moscow subway system, so I may be one to experience such thing in the future.

  • @fella9921
    @fella9921 3 года назад +1146

    “World leaders threatening each other with the destruction of civilian’s lives”

    • @Tomchatumadre
      @Tomchatumadre 3 года назад +50

      A classic

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 3 года назад +21

      I could only count 2, and gladly one is no longer "world leader"

    • @tejetski
      @tejetski 3 года назад +60

      Why not just have them (the leaders themselves) fist fight?

    • @HumodHadi
      @HumodHadi 3 года назад +2

      Well said

    • @mimicbox3
      @mimicbox3 3 года назад +11

      USA did it. The only country that did it.

  • @F-35BLightningII
    @F-35BLightningII 8 месяцев назад +2

    As a 5th generation fighter jet and the peak of human technology.
    I am proud to announce that I am not nuclear capable.
    My brother the F-35A on the other hand. Not so much.

    • @Mr_Fish10
      @Mr_Fish10 8 месяцев назад

      As a distinguished male fish, I'm sorry about your brother.

  • @Freda_Productions
    @Freda_Productions 2 месяца назад

    5:50 i like that helicopter animation, it almost looks 3d lol