Was Oppenheimer right? | What would happen if a nuclear bomb was dropped on a UK city?
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2023
- It's a question that was once incredibly important, then became less relevant, but with current global politics has come back to the fore - What would happen after a nuclear strike?
Mike Fernie investigates this brutally apocalyptic subject matter by visiting Scotland's secret bunker in the Kingdom of Fife, diving into the science and engineering behind both atomic and hydrogen weapons.
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Building bunkers for the very people that start the wars is insanity. Putting our "leaders" in harms way and making sure they know they're the first to go is by far the best way of preventing any such conflict.
OFF-GRID MY FRIEND, LOUD & PERFECTLY CLEAR.
BUT THERE LEADERS & LEADERS, THERE ARE FEW, VERY FEW WHO ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR PEOPLE.
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HE DID NOT RUN FROM HIS ENEMIES ---- & HE MADE NOT A SOUND WHEN BEING CRUCIFIED ---- THE ETERNAL CONQUERER!!!!!!!
I ADMIRE THE "IMMORTAL" NOT THESE PETTY MUNDANE RULERS!!!!!!!
That is one of the smartest things I’ve ever heard. I’m on board with that.
How would putting the UK leadership in harm's way help prevent an attack by an adversary?
@@yuchoob I didn't specify just UK leadership. Wars are started by elites for their own benefit and pose no real risk of death to them. If they were the very first to be eliminated you can be sure there would be very few wars.
LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!!!
In the event of a nuclear explosion, I would like to be in the 3 mile zone area, so I would disintegrate ASAP.
Same, put me at the epicentre
And miss out on the finest radroaches, brahmin, and deathclaw recipes??
That was the problem in UK/EU most countries just didn't bother because they needed too many bunkers and not much point in the end. But the swiss.. one place for every citizen in every town..
@@Xiph1980 Don't forget Mirelurks.
same, I've seen the movie Threads
Great video. However there is one additional aspect of a nuclear explosion that you didn't mention. After the initial flash followed by heat and then blast there is a fourth effect - it is called drag back. Once the force of the shock wave is over the air rushes back to fill the vacuum created by the shock wave. The drag back effect causes further catastrophic damage.
Additionally all power plants unmanned would overheat and explode adding further radiation for tens of thousands of years.
Yes-and you rarely see that effect on many nuclear videos.
In 1984, the BBC produced a documentary drama,'Threads ' .It was made during the Cold War and was critically acclaimed. It was said this docu drama was the closest Britain came to nuclear war.
It was. In the present, Britain is edging closer to nuclear war than ever before. The main reason for this, apart from acting as a vassal to U.S. empire, is the unstable situation where a much larger and more powerful U.S./NATO now has enough hubris to no longer fear a nuclear confrontation with Russia. NATO is not a defensive alliance but a framework of U.S. empire. It is a tool designed to defend U.S. interests first and foremost, as its European members are even pulled into U.S. imperial wars that are detrimental to own interests e.g. the Iraq war (which led to terrorism, economic damage and refugee crises in Europe). However, NATO's expansion to former Warsaw pact and now ex-Soviet countries was always about weakening and isolating Russia, with a long view to disintegrate, disarm and ultimately plunder the former superpower. The main problem with this plan is that they are still armed like one. A large part of NATO, including Britain, does not posses adequate defence against Russia's modern nuclear weaponry. I believe our masters might be quite safe behind concentrated defences with their GMD, THAAD, Aegis, Patriots etc. But what about us? Our current leadership is convinced they can survive that, probably in some deep bunker. But what about us? When do we get to vote on all the incredible political stupidity that puts us collectively at risk? Oh yes, there is no vote on NATO. That sort of Brexit is not allowed. But the master did appreciate an economical Brexit from the EU, since a more divided Europe is easier to control and allows American businesses to make more profits here.
My uncle was in ‘Threads’. Well, his hands were lol, he was the milkman near the start of the film.
@alxgu198 lol 😆 oh dear, his fate was sealed the morning he went on his milk round.
@@chrisholland7367 😂👍
@@odineproci2455 what is all this drivel? have you not got anything better to do or anything more worthwhile to contribute?
After the bomb goes off all we'll hear is Clarkson say "And on that bombshell"
"HAAAMMMMMMOOONNNDDD!!!"
It's time to end
What could go wrong?
Still, could be worse.
And on that terrible disappointment ... for you!
Cant wait for the follow up video - James May Reassembles Thermo-Nuclear Bomb part 1
Nothing says "expertise" like "nucular".
As a kid in the 80's, my mother worked for the MoD within the Nuclear department. If an attack was imminent, she had a place in a bunker, but the family did not. And for the reason, that after many years going down bunkers for fire drills. The amount of video's and classified footage of the effects from these, she left the department and worked elsewhere. Her advice was that if one went off, she would just march us outside. I guess, because we would not feel a thing and would be the kindest thing to do for us all, rather than try and survive along with the cancer rate and other diseases within an apocalyptic world.
Lol yeah I say if one is coming for Manchester I'm watching it.
Its near!
Cancer would be the least of your problems
@@owthattickles8738 yeah, mutants and zombies must be the Worst
Famine
Well this was unexpected lol
No one expects the nuclear option!
@@koshintokoshinto nobody expected the Spanish inquisition
That’s different.
Was this a whole video to show that Mike can’t pronounce the word Nuclear?
As long as its in the USA or the UK the world would be better off after
The eeriness from watching this vid whilst on a casual walk in the neighbourhood is on another level.
I started picturing what a nuclear mushroom would look like on the horizon.
Imagine spending your life career as a physicist and you make history by splitting the atom but your government sees potential to use it as a form of world control
Oppenheimer....odious criminal.
Imagine being so intellectually lazy as to think a single government can "control" the world.
Great job Mike. You need to do more of this type doc videos.
If you were in the bugout bunker kitchen i imagine you would be fine.
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but only if adequately supplied with lurpak.
@@gewglesux invented in 1901
The council issued white bread stays fresh for decades.
1. lucy does a budget travel show
2. james may promotes his new gin
3. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF A NUCLEAR BOMB-
This vid was amazing. Informative, very well presented and beautifully filmed.
Didn’t expect this video to be so close to home here in Glasgow. Brilliantly made and presented!
I must congratulate your team on your cinematography. Top notch colour-grading here. A beautiful and interesting video. Well done.
Thanks for this. Really interesting watch. Ive been to that bunker a couple of times. Always shocks me how long the ramp is down into it.
Great documentary! It's visually very creative and highly informative as well. What I love best is how it brings the world scale issue down to a human and local context, in this case Scotland.
This is a fantastic video, really well presented!
You continue to surprise with both the quality and diversity of content on this channel. This was an excellent and chilling video. Expertly shot, delivered, and edited. Can't wait to see what's next!
I've always wondered what justification politicians used to justify their survival post apocalypse and the same goes for any nobility that would have been saved as well. Why save a group of people who's skill sets would in all honesty be quite useless and in fact are more likely to be a drain on whatever society would be left than any realistic benefit.
Absolutely, if politicians didn't have bunkers to hide on they would think twice about using nuclear weapons
Agreed 🤝
Money talks.
Unless humanity launches dozens of nuclear weapons simultaneously and renders the world uninhabitable, the rest of the world outside the blast zone will still exist and money will still hold its value.
That is what I assume at least.
Biological weapons are FAR more effective,, witness CoVid
I’m glad our leader get to survive, let them eat cockroaches and scorpions when they crawl out of their little hidi holes, let them enjoy the dark world where rotting flesh taints the air.
Mike, what an incredibly interesting and clear video. Thank you.
This was such an informative video. It is such a scary thought that any country in the world would even consider this in today's day and age.
Putin would....he's a narcissistic gangster living in his own psychotic bubble....he 'thinks' he'll live for ever. The 'creature' ruling North Korea would...
A certain country led by a lunatic might just press the button, wait and see. Look to the East.
An excellent video. It was only distracting hearing the guy say "nucular" instead of "nuclear" every minute.
You only need one lunatic on the trigger! Unfortunately, Putin is a lunatic!
That’s why we have our nuclear deterrent.
This.. is not what i expected when I clicked on the thumbnail, but ended up really cool and really informative too!
Did you expect a cooking video?
Mike, as much as we all love you. There is only ONE 'U' in nuclear!
Haha, yep. I immediately thought of Homer Simpson. "Nuculer. It's pronounced nuculer"
You could make a drinking game out of it
@@fdsman lol.
@@405pugMi *pronounced
Oh, the irony!
@@Okurka. fat thumb syndrome strikes again..
Well thanks for cheering my evening up you’ve been a great laugh.
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed! One small correction if I may, the RAF are no longer in Kinloss, the old base is now Army barracks. It’s nearby Lossiemouth and Leuchars that are still active 😃
One small correction to your correction, Leuchars is no longer an active RAF station either. The Army have control of what was RAF Leuchars now.
Somewhere else will certainly be the new equivalent
Some say it could actually improve some UK cities and towns and that the Co-op would still be open, even if it was directly below the detonation.
This was Donald Trump's argument, when it was suggested that North Korea should be nuked. Trump didn't see why US taxpayers ought to fund infrastructure improvements in NK......
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If it was dropped on Bradford that definitely would be the case.
You couldn't make Wolverhampton any worse even with a nuke.
Fascinating! From travel videos to this!
I used to work in an R3 bunker during the 90's. The bunkers were so bad that it was said that a 1000 lb bomb could have taken it out. So, whether I'd have survived down there if the big one happened was doubtful.
Excellent video, explanation was just perfect
that's a change of pace.
Also: When the Wind blows. Extremely impressive and haunting film on the topic. Despite (or because) it being quite funny as well.
I'm wondering what kind of damage a Scottish made 58 megaton nuclear warhead infused with Irn Bru would do.
Really well made vid! Very informative! 👍
Great video. Very well made.
Last week: James May drinks some gin
This week: *WHAT IF WE ALL DIE IN A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION*
Cheery stuff😂
Unexpected but enjoyable. Nice one
Amazing video. Thank you.
This is an award worthy production. Brilliant everything.
I always found it interesting that the Cheyenne Mountain Complex was designed specifically to withstand nuclear (thermonuclear I believe) weapons, but by the time construction was completed the thinking was that a direct hit would still be able to destroy it. It’s also fascinating to me that the only way a fusion reaction can be kicked off (with current tech) is by using a fission reaction. Simply incredible.
They say it's because of the rock that Cheyenne Mountain is made of. It creates a fused shield when exposed to extreme heat. It's also really obvious which mountain is Cheyenne. 😂
@@darrinnoble this is true lol. It’s not exactly hard to spot.
Even during the design phase it was accepted a direct hit would destroy it. The belief of the time, now validated as true, was such levels of precision were not possible with initial guidance systems.
@@JG54206 Not hard to spot, unless you are trying to calculate ballistics from a few thousand miles away using inertial guidance systems. Then it is very hard to spot.
@@bertram-raven I would imagine that scenario would add quite a bit of difficulty and complexity to the equation.
rent would get affordable?
Think BIG..... Mortgage!!
Great video, your narration style is spot on!
Except for the bit where he keeps saying "new-que-lar".
you took me on a ride in this one... what a great vid
"We sent Lucy on the three cheapest flights possible to create a travel show in three days"
"Next up, just how devastating is the hydrogen bomb?"
I originally subscribed for the Bugout Bunker, so we've kind of come full circle
I’ve just looked at the reaction of the thermonuclear fusion bomb and that is really very scary. Incredibly impressive that somebody came up with it, but crazily scary.
it will not fall 1 ,
but thoussands of them over uk,,, you ahve been warned.
@@robertokandal well; if the Russian aim is as terrible as your spelling and grammar I think we will be just fine thanks.
Off you go now 😊
@@robertokandal that's what we get for sticking our nose into a War that has nothing to do with us -'we're like a subsidiary of the US in this Country. Everytime they say 'jump', we say 'how high' !?
fusion bomb 'impressive'? The works of JS Bach are impressive, the works of Shakespeare are impressive , not fusion bombs.... fusion bombs are the stuff of nightmares.
@@jamesbarbour8400 and Belarus and Serbia? 😂
I watched Threads the British movie of a nuclear war , its horrific 😢 and knowing now the bombs are so much stronger , it would be quite easy to destroy the planet 😮
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ONLY HE WHO MADE THE WORLD 🌎 CAN DESTROY IT!!!!!?
THIS WORLD DID NOT MADE BY CHANCE OR BY GUESS!!!!!
THE SEASONS COMES & GOES IN FAULTLESS ACCURACY, LIKE WISE THE SUN & MOON!!!!
WHY DOUBT THE POWERS OF ----- THE ALMIGHTY!!!!!.
Over 30 years ago I supplied valves and other plant controls. Many nuclear shelters were still in operation at the time and I visited a couple under the strictest security. The air filtration plants would fail regularly - usually every fortnight- and as I was informed by one of the engineers, in the event of nuclear attack one of the personnel who would not be permitted in the facility at that critical time would be the engineers..
Thank goodness we're being softened with the idea before it all kicks off
oh its mike ! , another great video
Nicely done Video. When I saw it in the End Cards of the last car Video, I was quite surprised. But as a history nerd, I liked it.
The worst of it will be for the people farther away from the blast. Those that are close will die quickly. Those farther away will have severe injuries and radiation sickness. Most of them will still die, but it will be over a long and excruciatingly painful period of time. These weapons should have never been created. I know it didn't appear so at the time, but the losses taken invading Japan would have been preferable to the looming destruction and suffering we face today. Murphy's law will eventually get us.
I agree, better more loss of human lives then than this monstrousity threatening the very existance of our world as it is now. I think somebody took the wrong decision and they didn t have much forsight to see what would happen.
Depends on the wind direction, most will probably starve if there is a nuclear winter.
Someone was going to develop them eventually. I'm glad it was the US to do it first rather than certain other nations.
I tell you what would happen, we would be mildly miffed!
One of the best vids on the channel, very eerie
Excellent I learnt a lot, Thank you
During the description of what'll happen during the explosion of the bomb he Mike failed to mention most of us will be out of a job.
And jobs would still be forced necessary.
.. and that 3 million people in the UK will die.......... unemployed!
Credit to NTNOCN
Like with so many other things, we opened Pandora's box when we made the first nuclear bombs. In an ironic twist, it became so the only way to ensure none would be used against you was to have your own so you were equally as threatening to your enemy. I fear the AI revolution that is taking off now will be the next problem like the nuclear arms race was. Because don't kid yourself, AI will absolutely be used, or at least be available to use, as a weapon of mass destruction, and quite possibly it may very well reach a point where we are no longer controlling it.
We didn't Oppenheimer did.
@@Terminator- ha you beat me to it - I was going to reference the Terminator movies. Oh well - great minds obviously think alike 🤣
@@stevezodiac491oppenheimer couldn't look himself in the mirror ever again after Hiroshima and Nagasaki
@@tadhggoreyoneill13666 He was the lowest of the the lower... using a brain smarter than the average for evil.
@@stevezodiac491only because Werner Heisenberg was attempting a nuclear weapon for the Nazis. They actually had a several year head start but the program was vastly underfunded. The Americans didn’t know how far along they were with it though.
Great video - I live in Edinburgh and visited this bunker museum when I was a kid! Would like to go back and you’ve inspired me
I really needed cheering up. Thanks for this. 😂😅
Kept that bunker a secret when I visited Anstruther.
Honestly, though, there’s far more to worry about from the nuclear bomb than there is the nukelar bomb because, and this is true, nukelar bomb doesn’t exist 😉
Worked on Britains nuclear deterrent in Faslane and Coulport.
The v-boats were fascinating as were the trident ICBMs. If they weren’t so ch a horrendous weapon of destruction (and also housed so f king close to Glasgow), the technology behind them is incredible. Everything from how, on launch, they clear the water to allow the sun launch, to how it travels, all the way to it travels 1,200 miles up and reads the stars to to locate itself and its target
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Those who are not spiritual how was this foretold in bible
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I've been inside the bunker at Kelvedon Hatch. Like the one in this video, as you go below ground, there is a very long corridor leading to the blast door around the corner at the end of it. It's obviously a common feature to aid in the defence of these bunkers.
We had raves in the “secret bunker” back in 2002-2004 - Bangin’ indeed.
Ffs I’m old now.
The Blast Doors are deliberately placed at right angles to direction the blast would come from, to reduce the impact to the door.
Great video. Very interesting topic
Brilliant video, I wasn't subscribed but I am now. I know it is very difficult to condense such complicated information into a short, easy to understand video but for anyone interested -when an atom undergoes fission and splits apart it is not smashed apart in the conventional way like a bullet would smash an egg apart. The atom actually absorbs the neutron and then it vibrates, becomes unstable and pops apart. (This all happens in fractions of a billionth of a second) Both pieces of the atom have a net positive charge and it is that electrostatic force of two positives that makes the two pieces fly apart at high speed. Contrary to normal intuition the faster a neutron is travelling, the less likely it is to make the atom break apart because it will more likely bounce off instead of being absorbed. That is why water and graphite are used in nuclear reactors - to slow the neutrons down.
"Shall we play a game"
This is a great video and I hope you do more like this, and not just war stuff but random tech, engineering, and just any random interesting stuff. You did a really great job on this one, writers and editors pat yourselves on the back. It's sad that the people we put in power end up becoming power-crazed lunatics who would rather sacrifice thousands of their own countrymen than find a reasonable solution. So far thank the flying spaghetti monster none have used these bat$h!t crazy weapons since WW2. Hopefully, in the future, our descendants look at war as just a crazy part of the past.
The human species has always made war. Horrible species in that regard. it shows no signs of stopping. Putin invades a peaceful democratic neighbour and goes about demolishing and drowning it. Warlords fight with modern weapons in Sudan and, as the man said, 'so it goes'.
Keep hoping because that will never happen. War always has been and always will be a part of human civilization. To expect otherwise is naive
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@@AnarchAngel1 yes you are all thinanadams sons
@@AnarchAngel1 a lot of things change. We used to do human sacrifice for the Gods. Capital punishment is slowly going away. To say war will always be a part of life is a bit pessimistic.
Great vid 👍
Very well done.
I wonder why ~50% of english speakers can't pronounce new-clear and says nukular instead...
Not sure on 50% as I say it as new clear . Not to mention it’s literally English and you’re complaining English saying English wrong
Unfortunately, it's likely because of The Simpsons.
The weird thing is he can say "nucleus" correctly (he doesn't say "new-que-lus"), but he does say "new-que-lar". I would agree that it's at least 50% of British English speakers say "new-que-lar". It dates far before the Simpsons; most of my school friends used to say it and now so do almost all the politicians and journalists. And yet, most of them don't say "skelington" or "Specific Ocean".
Just in time for the Oppenheimer film
Great video 👍
The ignorance of a generation that has never known war is astounding.
Allow me to be the one to point out that it is pronounced Nuclear not Nucular. Next you’ll be axing questions.
Especially with the subject of nuclear It is best to not allow misunderstandings or dyslexia.
@@paulbrouyere1735 This isn't dyslexia. This is a bizarre mispronunciation of a word by a significant number of people. And it's not even consistent: He doesn't mispronounce "nucleus" as "new-que-lus", so why does he insist on saying "new-que-lar"? Does he also say "skelington"?
Next he'll be axing questions about new-que-lar skelingtons in the Specific Ocean.
@@yuchoob oh great, you found a way to train spelling control😂
@@yuchoob I am internally grateful for your reply.
I don't have a nuclear bunker, but I'll be fine, as I can just hide in my Volvo.
Isn't there a movie or TV show with that scenario?
Excellent video 👌🏼😃
Fantastic video this.
If Europe gets nuked, can we still watch Lucy Brown travel the apocalyptic wasteland?
"War never changes."
Amazing video. All I could think, however, was, "What have we done? 🤦♂️"
The thermal nuke in the film terminator 2 is terrifying
Very cool that there were enough bunkers in this country to house anything up to about 1000 of the entire population.
Oh no they nuked Grimsby!
Alexa play Mike Oldfield.
Years ago, I toured the bunker at what used to be Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Carp, which is located about 20km west of Ottawa, Canada's national capital. It was originally built to be a communications facility for the Canadian military, and as a place where Continuity of Government (COG) operations could be conducted during a nuclear attack. In wartime, the Prime Minster and his Cabinet would be housed there.
Built in the late 1950s, it was part of a network of similar government and military bunkers that were located throughout Canada on military bases and in or near major cities. The CFS Carp facility was nicknamed 'The Diefenbunker', as John Diefenbaker was Prime Minister at the time. Like the facility in Scotland, it could accommodate about 300 people. The bunker also featured a vault where Canada's central bank, The Bank of Canada, could store some or all of its gold reserves.
At the time it was built, it could withstand the blast and heat generated by a five-megaton bomb landing five miles (8km) away, but not a direct hit. The facility quickly became obsolete with the advent of much more accurate ICBMs. The Diefenbunker was decommissioned in 1994, and today, it functions as a Cold War museum that is run by a non-profit organization. Parts of the facility were used to film the movie The Sum of All Fears. While I toured the facility, it was interesting to note that some areas were off-limits. Who knows what mysteries they held?
Today I saw the movie Oppenheimer. It was impressive, tense, and difficult in terms of making such a decision that would destroy "our enemies" in a blink of an eye, and then the consequences of those who survive the explosion will last for decades.
On one hand I have admiration for these incredibly intelligent men, yet they build is "a massive destruction weapon" that put an end to WWII. It is said that in love and war everything is possible. Yet I wonder how these people could live the rest of their lives knowing what they did. It is insanity to think of a hydrogen bomb that literally would destroy the world as we know it. and then what... Why instead we find a way to live in peace and help one another like brothers and sisters around the world.
Why humans are so unkind and want more and more power to control the world?
Will this even come to an end?
Probably never. As long as their are human beings on this planet of ours there will always be power mad people who would use these weapons. Mankind will be responsible for its own destruction.
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People who lived through the Cold War understand the real risks. Younger people don't feel it at all and are in denial that it could ever happen.
I am a younger person I don’t understand what ur talking about I understand all the risks and possibilities and how devastating it is and I am in no denial at all
@@water4826 I'm glad you say that but I think you are the exception rather than the rule, judging by the average comment by peopl on the internet in the West.
@@cdeford I have had many conversations with friends and people about my age tho who do also understand
@@cdeford tho I do understand that there are some people that definitely have no idea what it’s capable of
@@water4826 I think it's more that people who lived through the Cold War believed in nuclear war as a real possibility, but in the safe (for the West) unipolar world we've had since 1991 that possibility has become too remote. People in the West have become used to running the world and ordering everything for their benefit. They can't imagine things not always going their way.
So, we've just given up and are now just gonna say "newkuelar" and not " newclear"?
Right?! Lol embarrassing
I am in awe!!!
Well presented
Except that he can't pronounce "nuclear" correctly, throughout the whole thing.
Don’t you find it strange the government making all phones have this ‘emergency’ warning now with all what’s happening in Ukraine
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds', Oppenheimer's
If you get a chance to come to the States there's the Trinity Test Site at Alamogordo, New Mexico, where the first nuke was detonated. There's also the Nevada Proving Grounds (formerly Nevada Test Site) north of Las Vegas where dozens of atmospheric nukes detonated during the Cold War. I've toured this location, and even though it looks like any desert valley, there's remnants of blown-up homes, railroad tracks, bunkers . . . it's spooky, because there's still radiation there.
I don't see why people think Faslane poses a threat to Glasgow, Its the largest population centre in Scotland. I think if a full scale nuclear conflict kicked off, the people of Glasgow would find it very hard to worry about the bombs headed for Faslane while they're staring at one falling on George square
Dear Mike, this was a great video, but I have to admit that I’m not bothered at all by the possibility of a “nucular” war happening, but I do find the possibility nuclear war terrifying, whether fusion or fission bombs were to be used.
Yeah, the nookyoolar really undermines the severity of the threat.
I agree. I hate to be sour, but the repeated use of the wrong word really detracts from what was otherwise a fine, informative article.
Exactly. You cannot speak with authority if you keep saying "new killer." Plus the constant cut-away shots where he's no longer talking to us but someone off camera (who?) is so jarring.
Also Apparently, there is no fallout from an air burst weapon.
Let's add one significant correction - The US pursued the bomb to it's conclusion first - but they did so off the back of all the UK University of Manchester and University of Oxford research that had already been done, and components already made in a tunnel in North Wales which were shipped across to them as part of the agreement between Churchill and FDR and to prevent the Germans getting their hands on the research in the event of successful invasion of Britain. That work formed a nucleus of the start of what went on to become the Manhattan Project. The USA could have done it without but this saved them several months of work in the early stages.
Brilliant stuff. Wasn't a nuclear bomb but I recently read about the Dresden bombings in WW2. War is so awful, I hope the worlds nukes never get used.
To be fair, over 2000 bombs have already been detonated, above ground, underground, under the ocean, in the atmosphere, you name it. We are living in a post nuclear environment. Makes you wonder doesn't it.
Both Leuchars and Kinloss are no longer operational RAF Air Bases all RAF aircraft are now based in Lossiemouth
Biggest bomb these days is 1.2 megatons. They realised it’s more efficient to fire multiple smaller warheads from the same ICBM rather than one big one.
Nope 50MT is the biggest, The Tsar Bomba
@@DontBeAWollyythat was 62 years ago. Todat nukes are 1.5 to 2 megatons each.
@@darkmatter1152 Trident is variable, up to 400kt.
@@DontBeAWollyy That's on you tube.... not the real thing! just a video.... terrifying as you would expect
@@daydays12 it was the real footage lol
OK...it is not a big deal, lots and lots of accents lead to it being pronounced "nucular" instead of "nuclear"...just like he did repeatedly starting at 0:17...but ever since Baby Bush said "nucular" SO many times during his presidency with possible weapons in Iraq and actual weapons in North Korea, I cannot help but get a flashback to him saying it whenever I hear it. I know it is such an easy word to mispronounce, and there are lots of videos about that, but it is just really funny to my ear...anybody else get that?
Yeah it’s kind of annoying that the host of an episode specifically about nuclear weapons can’t get the word right.
Small detail maybe but imagine doing an episode about a car and referring to it as a Frahree 😂
President Jimmy Carter, a nuclear expert in the Navy consistently said “ newcular” it drove me crazy
Simpsons did it!
How do you pronounce “psychiatrist”?
@@arconcritter it kind of isn't a small detail. The premise of the episode is detailing the use and aftermath of a nuclear device. Pretty central if you ask me.
I suppose it depends which city it went off in. I've been to some UK cities where it wouldn't make much difference.
Thanks that was really comforting 😂
The Simpsons references start at 00:17 😄