MIRVs: The Individual Missiles that Contain Multiple Nuclear Bombs
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Staring down the barrel of a .45, looking at the ashes of another life, another life. Staring down the barrel of a .45ACP.
Be honest, sanctions in the form of visa restrictions were placed on Russian individuals involved with the inspections. What's the point let one state inspect stocks when the other state can't do the same. Us tried to mumble their way out of the spotlight, citing covid, but somehow that didn't restrict their personnel from traveling huh
The world needs Simon Whistler to do an episode on exactly how many channels Simon Whistler narrates.
I discover a new one every day....
There's a list of his channels in the description... where Business Blaze is still listed 😂 Legend 👍
If Simon did a video about himself, would it be a side project or a mega project?
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Nah, it would be on the Casual Criminalist.
‘How One Man Kept An Army Of Writers In His Basement To Hoard The RUclips Monopoly.’
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Thanks for the daily dose of existential apocalypse horror Simon.
I was arguing with a coworker about how the public might hesitate to come around on nuclear power if Russia takes out the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. His point was simply that a bomb will do 1000x more damage than blowing up a plant. We have nothing to worry about by having several hundred vulnerable plants. If Russia is bombing US soil, they're using Nukes and power plants blowing up are the least of our worries.
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The horror was always there, ignorance is bliss.
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What makes you think Russia will use a nuclear weapon on another country?
The ONLY people to have done that, twice, and killed hundreds of thousands of people were … America.
America is more likely to drop a nuclear weapon, not Russia.
America has form
Simon in a black blazer and black turtleneck looks like a Bond villain
A sexy Bond villain.
I wouldn't consider that a turtleneck
“Well done humanity” love Simons sass, although if things get kinetic, everything will be very “well done” indeed.
The possible aftermath makes me think the luckiest ones will be the ones to die first. If anything, a life of misery, deprivation and fighting for crumbs is what awaits the survivors.
2:40 - Chapter 1 - What is a MIRV
3:35 - Chapter 2 - What are the advantages of MIRVs
5:45 - Chapter 3 - Invention & development
7:45 - Chapter 4 - 1st strike
9:35 - Chapter 5 - Escalation
11:30 - Chapter 6 - New start
12:45 - Chapter 7 - Satan 2
15:30 - Chapter 8 - The next nuclear arm race
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10:06 - "Fahpah!"
"Hey guys you know how a shotgun can shoot multiple pellets? Yeah let's do that but with nukes?"
How did we make nuclear warheads this small and powerful hydrogen is one of the reasons but who would think 1 mirv has double triple the power of fat boy and you have 12 or more or them scary or you can have 6 with higher power or many more for a strategic nuclear missile
MIRVs are one of the most terrifying weapons ever conceived
You gotta admit humans are most creative and inventive when we are making things to destroy each other
Like Russian hypersonic cruise missiles till old model patriot batteries shot them down😂
@@womble321 that's not... any MIRVs (Russian, US, whoever) are terrifying, for the reasons explained in the video - the insane idea of a winnable global nuclear war.
No that honor would fo to the neutron bomb. High radiation, low impact, nuclear weapons. Meant to destroy life, but leave infrastructure intact. Truly an evil capitalist weapon.
@@womble321 You cannot shoot down a hypersonic missile that's impossible, don't trust what the MSM tells you. 🤦♂
"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."
Ah war games, personally I like God dammit I'd piss on a spark plug if i thought it'd do any good
It's a bit silly to compete on who is better at bouncing the rubble before they die.
Mirv is a cool guy; he just has an explosive temper.
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Smh
I remember Arnold named it a snow cone maker because it looks like a snow cone
Honestly, threat of nuclear annihilation aside - There is something awe inspiring about the sheer brutal power of atoms.
Can we also take a minute to admire how appropriately named Putins apocalyptic rocket is. I am hard pressed to think of a better name for a continent destroying missile delivery system than “SATAN”.
More amazing than the fact somehow conscious awareness came from inanimate space dust?
I honestly wouldn't mind dying ina nuclear apocalypse. Living by Chicago I'm sure I won't survive, but still how many people these days will ever see a nuclear detonation? Even if it's the last thing I see, it's still got to be one hell of a sight.
This episode was fascinating! I've never heard about all this. Thank you, A: SCARING the heck out if me. And B: ALL the historical information.
You ROCK Simon!!!!
Calm down then. Scared people make stupid decisions. These things were around long before I was born, and I already feel old. Yet, we are still here, that's sort of reassuring. Also there's not much we can do about any of this. People tend to think electing leaders that come to heels towards hostile nuclear powers would make the world safer or their lives longer, I totally disagree. That won't make the nuclear arsenals go away, only make one's nation a puppet of the aggressor, in turn making them even more confident in their hostile claims. The real threat is the lack of understanding.
I mean yeah Simon is cool. But he’s essentially just a mouthpiece. The most impressive thing about him is his stamina and work ethic.
@@Taragoola VERY true. Simon dose indeed hire a very talented writing staff, for ALL his channels. However, just naming him a "mouthpiece" doesn't do him justice. So I respectfully disagree with you on that statement.
All the best to you and yours.
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It's terrifying to remember that not only do you have a nuclear arms race between the US and Russia, but there is also a smaller race between China and India... and then you also have other countries who are nuclear armed, such as North Korea, England, France, and Pakistan. And that's just the countries we know for sure has nuclear capabilities.
@@Someone74735 There are 9 countries with nukes. The official 5 (permanent member of the UN security council) namely the US, Russia, UK, France & China, then there's Pakistan and India, and of course Israel and North Korea. South Africa had nuclear weapons, but is the only country in history to have independently designed and built their own nuclear weapons only to decommision them later on (when apartheid came to an end).
And nobody dares to talk about, ehem, ehem... I-S-R-A-E-L...
@@pieterveenders9793south Africa never built nuclear weapon, they acquired it ( guess from Russia) and disposed it during the nuclear disarmament
Israel has them too.
While this video makes some good points, it kind of overstates, if not sensationalises, the changes going forward. Russia has had the ability to destroy all of its opponents with nuclear weapons for decades. It also has not had a way to survive a nuclear war for decades. Sarmat changes nothing. A stronger gun doesn't help you as long as you can kill the opponent and can't protect yourself. Nuclear submarines are not going anywhere, and that means it doesn't matter how powerful your rockets are. It's overkill and changes nothing. All the talk about penetrating missile defenses has been true for decades as well. No one has a shield against the nuclear arsenal of the US or Russia. It's simply impossible with current technology, and MIRV is part of the reason why. In that respect, MIRV actually removes the benefits of a first strike because your opponent can destroy you with a fraction of their arsenal. In reality, nothing has meaningfully changed. Also, if you need to say "this is not a bluff", it's probably a bluff. And judging by how old that comment is, it was a bluff.
Saying, "this is not a bluff" in regards to using Nukes today, is basically the same as, "I hate humanity, and I don't want to live anymore."
I think it is less about the increase in nuclear power/destruction, but more about even pulling the trigger. Keeping technology upgraded implies the ever-looming threat of having them ready to go for the current year.
Putin just said the quiet part out loud in a show of force. He's reminding the world that Russia (and by extension everyone) can end the world if they don't like what is happening on it.
I was thinking the same. These are just the technologies we are aware exists.
No one's going say the most up to date tech they have, and especially when nuclear subs are in play, it's nothing more than an attempt at chest thumping for dominance, but that only works, if allowed to be intimidated.
Megalomaniacs are definitely real, but nothing scares them more than knowing if they do anything, they'll die too.
What he said
Yes, MAD has existed for decades, but the reminder is what makes it a grim situation for Ukraine. Should Russia ever feel too cornered and nuke Ukraine; what next? Who will be bold enough to nuke Russia in retaliation knowing what is coming for them next? So joke is on you.
Buy sheath underwear because when the MIRVs bear down, you'll want something high quality to soil
What happens if you try to compost your waste?
Why plan for retirement when your likely to be blown up. Spend that money now on fancy underwear.
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Love this channel always something morbid but also existentially interesting
Uhh No
“And this is not a bluff” exactly what somebody who was bluffing would say
From my personal experience, if a Russian says that phrase, they are going balls to the wall. That sentence carries weight.
@@Angus-McFife-2nd Even Russians know not to trust a thing that comes out of a Russian politicians mouth lol, they were babbling about biolabs and recently about US putting malaria mosquitos to the frontlines with drones. If all that comes out of a Russian politicians mouth is complete BS its hard to take them seriously.
@@Angus-McFife-2nd That's just bluster, one of the other common qualities between the US and Russia. Greedy, old, war-mongering men just LOVE to stroke their ego-dicks in public.
I don't think a man who takes out his political opponents like trash is the bluffing type
@@leonrobinson8180 oh I bet he is. He has been threatening to use nukes in Ukraine for a year and a half, but still no nukes.
Good weapon , if you want to claim an empire of ashes and barrenness .
If the nukes fly i would be turned to glass due to my location on the Texas coast.. so I'd let loose 99 red balloons and start drinking for the 30 minutes i have remaining
'That's not a nuclear weapon, THIS is a nuclear weapon'
MIRVs are so OP that I gave my dwellers three of them and they cleared a whole in less than two rounds of shelling, be it ratroaches or those oversized dragon-lizards. Make sure to have high A and S stats for better effectiveness! - from Fallout Shelter player who ran out of green missions😊
Dragons maw is where it's at
We've had MIRVs since the 1970s
I believe the ABMs are targetting the missile before dispersion. Simply because it means they can hit one target, not a dozen small ones. Also, the dispersion height is low enough that using a nuclear based ABM would risk serious EMP and other effects upon the friendlies. This is why the timing is critical for them to work. They practically need to "see the launch" and fire to meet the incoming ICBM final stage while it is still intact an balistic, but high enough up that the nuke practically detonates in space.
I don't think ABMs have actual nuclear warheads, they only need enough explosive power to detonate the bombs or cripple them. The nuclear blast of the ICBM would be terrifying though.
@@TR4R They don't have nuclear warheads these days but they used to. The American Spartan and Sprint ABMs were both nuclear tipped - Sprint carried a small neutron bomb warhead while Spartan had a 5 megaton thermonuclear warhead that supposedly had a tamper (case around its fusion stage) made of pure gold to maximise its x-ray emission as this was the kill mechanism it used in space.
No ABM ever targeted missiles before warhead dispersion as this happens much too early in flight. Basically the warheads are released from the missile's bus long before any ABM could reach it at that range, assuming an ABM could even travel that far (which it couldn't). There also haven't been any nuclear-armed ABMs in service for years now.
@@trolleriffic that sounds very interesting. It's almost like science fiction. Shame would be that too much fallout would be out there in space. Also, they would cripple a lot if not almost all functioning satellites.
MIRV are also in SLBM. Or Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile. Example the Trident D4 has about up to ten nuclear warheads.
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Love this channel. So informative
Really not
13:40 Mhm.
Ok.
I hope it works better than your tanks, Vladdy...lolol
By far the most terrifying thing ever invented, IMO.
You’re just scraping the surface. Check out the SLAM referred to as “the big stick” it never left the conceptual stage as even American realized it was a bit much. It was a nuclear powered ram jet hypersonic mirv
Not until you hear about nerve gas like VX or Sarin
VX is only good in confined areas, it distributes itself quickly in open spaces.
@@bujfvjg7222 now I think of it, the most terrifying weapon would probably be advanced bioweapons, now assisted by digital to biological conversion and AI to write it's genomes. The thing with nukes is that they're limited to one place, with bioweapons they can be in every major country on earth within a day of their release.
Tbh there's probably so much we don't know about that who really knows how it play out
The 1st strike advantage is based on taking out silos. Radar & satellite imaging make retaliatory launch before 1st strike impact very likely.
Nice work on the new intro!
Let get this show started, been waiting to take cover under a desk since the 80s
I tried to argue with my teachers about that in the 80's and got in trouble. I mean, what is the point? A half inch of wood is going to protect me from the roof falling on me, let alone radiation?!?
The last civilian bunker is in Washington DC it was from the Cold War era. Every other bunker from that time is gone. So… if you live in Washington your in luck if shite hits the fan.😅
Wow, man made horrors beyond my imagination! My favorite!
You showed a Titan 2 missile at 03:07 and that ICBM is one of the only ones that didn't have MIRV's as a payload, it had one massive W-53 9 megaton warhead.
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I still remember the MIRV on the Stargate Atlantis episode: "First Strike", launched against the Replicator home world
There is one thing that was not mentioned is that a multiple launch from any country would be detected! So no matter what country does an multiple launches the target would know that a multiple Launch was in effect and May have time to retaliate by launching their missiles before silo destruction! I would depend of course on distance speed of incoming versus speed of target retaliation launch.
The original cold war may have ended but we are now into a second one with USA and China, this time it's got to do with semiconductors and whoever wins this war on cyberwarfare gets to control what happens in the next few hundred years. It's also why Taiwan is in so much trouble as they manufacture these chips and is stuck between these 2 countries.
Astute. Nicely said.
Taiwan manufactures chips, it doesn't design them. If China invaded Taiwan they would just have a bunch of useless factory machines that would be outdated before they could get them operational again, If the Next war is semiconductors China has already lost. nm technology isn't something you can rush. And even graphite processing will take decades of precursor knowledge China tried to jumped over by IP theft of arm processors.
The Cold War never ended. Russia has always been the enemy. We should have done it when we had two hundred and they had only one.
Yeah fun fact:
Targets during a nuclear exchange would have multiple Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles sent at them. Each of those Missiles as Simon has detailed, carry multiple MIRV warheads. For example NYC and DC would be hit with about 50 warheads between them. Washington DC would be struck with a combination of air bursts, ground bursts, and thermonuclear bunker busters. Nukes all produce radiation, but air bursts produce far far less than do weapons whose fireballs hit the ground. Air bursts also produce more damage, because the ground doesn't have the chance to absorb a large portion of the blast. These are the reasons that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs detonated at over a thousand feet of altitude above their respective cities, and it's why the deaths from radiation poisoning wasn't much higher and why the cities were inhabitable shortly after the bombings. Ground bursts where the fireball interacts with the ground produce tons of fallout, with the dirt brought in from the shockwave induced vacuum filling and vaporized material from within the fireballs influence all gets heavily irradiated and contaminated with transuranics. These material particles laiden with fun radioactive elements like fissile bomb material like plutonium or uranium depending on the device, as well as strontium, radioactive iodine etc... and iodine pills only help with unstable iodine isotopes, it doesn't protect you from anything else.
So when you hear things like the nyc psa about surviving the "big one ", all that was for was to give the people watching a false sense that new York being nuked might be survivable. They portrayed this hypothetical attack under the assumption that the city would only be hit with one bomb like Hiroshima, when the reality is any attack would consist of several warheads / bombs all of which make the nuclear weapons used on the Japanese look like firecrackers in comparison. Nagasaki was hit with the larger of the two first nukes at around 20 kilotons of tnt worth of explosive force, and the Russian MIRV warheads that would hit the city would be in the 100 kiloton to 450 kiloton range, in other words new York city and the surrounding area out to about 50 miles would be gone with no survivors
What ever chief ain’t nobody reading that full comment
@@DontBeAWollyy no problem lemme sum up. If we're lobbing nukes and you live in a city you won't survive, if you're in a suburb you won't survive, good times
@@DontBeAWollyywrong. I did. And it was informative and I enjoyed it very much.
@@aj200415 you need to find something more productive with your time then
@@DontBeAWollyy you need to be less lazy about reading
Hey...this was actually pretty well researched ! ... in such a niche topic I was kind of expecting for you guy to maka a bubuuh...but nope. Kudos!
If the MIRV armed ICBMs get used in anger, we will certainly see BMs....
Silver linings, we got to hear Simon say “penetration aids” with his posh accent. Made my day.
Simon holds up boxers to prove he isn’t wearing panties.
Specifically, YOUR panties.
When ww3 starts the Swiss are gonna be like “what the hell was that noise” 🇨🇭
Only a sith deals in absolutes..
@@bobhope3589 only a Swiss deals in absolutes?
And the Australians will be like "WTF Mate? ^^"
@@sumdude4Canada : whats going on eh?
England : bout that time eh chaps?
france : but i am le tired.
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Well this is something new to keep me up at night
that tech has been used since like the 70s by both US and Russia
I've often said that we're living in strange times in history. The time that we've had nuclear weapons and the ability to wipe ourselves out as a species is extremely recent in terms of how long humans have been around; and weve been fighting each other for pretty much all of that time for one reason or another.
It wouldn't surprise me if another nuclear weapon is used in anger in my lifetime. I really hope that one isnt obviously, but i can see it happening sadly as humans are involved.
The trouble is that soon there won't be anyone left who experienced first hand the horrors of a world war or the use of a nuclear weapon. I really hate that some people are stupid enough to get us into this mess, but it seems pretty much guaranteed i think as we as humans are not infallible there will always be unchecked evil people with no morals or conscience.
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The whole use "em or lose 'em philosophy applies more to the retaliatory strike, rather than who strikes first. A first strike would absolutely be detected, and given that both sides (let's throw China in there too) have a Launch on Warning policy, or the very least, Launch Under Attack, so that first "disarming" strike will be falling on empty silos, while the retaliatory strike that is underway, will have a countervalue component to it, as well as counterforce. Let's be real here, those missiles are targeting military bases, industry, and yes, cities. The land based missiles are touted as being a nuclear "sponge" to force the enemy to allocate a large percentage of their warheads to those silos, but all sides know, those silos will be empty, so it's a good bet they aren't even targeted....
scares me to no end but thank you another excellent video
These are a cluster of low yield warheads too, no risk to nuclear winter, but a lot more localized fallout; would make a many 20km2 uninhabitable. Not world ending, but nasty nonetheless.
Yeah but those are predominantly western warheads Soviet/Russian ICBM’s are not that accurate
A single atomic detonation could cause a world panic, ending humans. Look at the panic from Covid.
100 kilotons is I belive the slandered for a minuteman. I mean its low yeild compared to some bombs but the multi Megatron warheads were never that common because it's massive overkill for most targets. Besides it's still enough to make Fatman look like a fire cracker with one of its bombs let alone the full spread.
Hasn't the US had these for years? The minuteman III was first put into service in 1970 and there's still ~400 active, according to the DOD.
Obama had most of our MIRVs decommissioned and taken apart I believe
The currently deployed Minuteman IIIs can only hold 3 warheads while Trident II can hold 8. However due treaties and policy only one nuclear warhead can be deployed to each missile but there is no restriction other than physical limitation to the number of decoy warheads.
@@everypitchcounts4875 no he reduced the number of nuclear warheads deployed to Tridents IIs the decoys were not affected.
@@mkvenner2 thanks for the info. Was there something done to physically *stop* multiple nuclear warheads from being used if we hypothetically said "fuck treaties" (either in response to Russia doing the same, or just because we felt like it)?
Nukes and underwear great combination! Hell yeah!
2:18 looks a birthday cake I was given once. The bloody candles wouldn’t blow out!
Unless I live right next to a nuclear bunker I’ll probably just drive to where the warhead is predicted to hit so it will be painless
Although terrifying, some of the things people think of are pretty neat. The "Rods from God" idea being one, one I'd encourage people to look up information on something called "Operation Thunderwell." As recently as two years ago, there was some speculation that if we were to encounter aliens, then something like what is discussed in Thunderwell might be a good option. I think even some prominent scientists have discussed this on videos in the past. This is just Cold War 2.0 for me. I remeber doing "Duck and Cover" nuclear weapon drills in elementary school as a child, as if that would help. Same story..... just different lunatics at the top of various governments. It might surprise people to know that multiple times we have been exceedingly close to destroying ourselves through misunderstandings and once specifically, it was a Russian submarine officer that chose not to press the button despite his current orders (all this can be read about for those interested).
Rods from God was whipped up by a famous sci fi author.
I remember that one. It was during the Cuba missile crisis, the officer was Vasily Arkhipov. Another close call was the false alarm that officer Stanislav Petrov had to dismiss.
I used to work on the Minuteman III.
I learnt about MIRVs from Fallout
Imagine living in a world where a kids cartoon's base idea is kinda real.
Adventure time.
Showing us your undies, Simon? We're truly "Into the Shadows"
After the content of this video we should all purchase a brown pair.
Good video, Simon
MIRVs Change nothing in regards to MAD. Moscow has a dead men's switch, the UK has the letter of last resort and other countries will have similar concepts.
Yes. I'm sure the Sarmats will be just as terrifyingly effective, reliable and a real thing that exists in reality exactly the way they claim it does, for cereal gaiz, as the T-14 Armata, Su-57, the Moskva and the Admiral Kuznetsov.
And my dad works for Nintendo.
I hope we never get to find out
Yeah, the Ruskies can't keep jets in the sky, I find myself doubting their new "super weapons".
@@Russo-Delenda-Est "be careful America! Our tanks are made out of construction paper so our missles can be made of metal! I swear! Please believe me...." -Putin (allegedly)
Yeah anything coming out of Moscow should be taken with a serious grain of salt.
@@notsam498 considering it's at the bottom of the Azov sea... it will come pre-salted :D
Some of the main things to remember about this are Russia's constant lying about the abilities of their weapons and their inability to actually build them. On paper it's a game changer. In practice, it's Russian so they're guaranteed to be lying about it's capabilities.
"How can you tell when a Russian is lying?
When their lips move."
Even if they aren’t, hypersonic weapons are seriously overhyped, and pretty easy to intercept given they are incapable of evasive maneuvering
@@viscounttudon68 That depends mostly on what kind of attack trajectory it takes. A high altitude (up where the SR 71 flew) flight into a vertical high speed dive could be quite problematic. At low altitude, hypersonics can't turn without disintegrating in flight from air pressure & friction. (The low altitude problems also apply to high velocity bullets & shells if they "tumble" after leaving the barrel)
Wait, are you suggesting that there are no TOW Sarmats mounted on the T-14?!
Well, it's hardly game-changing even if it works. Existing ICBMs are effectively unstoppable anyways
The fact each warhead on mirv are ecm capable scares me more than the fact of them being nuclear capable
Thanks, simon. Glad I watched this before rolling over to go to bed.
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The content is good, and I really like it - thanks!
However, the glowy effects are super distracting/annoying, they are far too bright for non-daylight, e.g. watching it in the dark / at night, especially with the dark mode player.
I agree, very distracting. I stopped looking at my screen because of that, just listening. Hope those will be at least toned down for the next video
The USA has been in possession of MIRV technology since about 1970 - partly as a result of developments stemming from the 'space race' with the then Soviet Union - now Russia. MIRV is an acronym for 'Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle'. The technology was first applied to the Minuteman 3 missile deployed in that year and also to Poseidon missiles which were later superseded by the Trident system used on submarines and also deployed by the UK
as part of its independent nuclear deterrent since the mid 1980s when it replaced the Polaris missiles then in use.
The British government had attempted to develop a system called Chevaline in the 1970s which was capable of penetrating Moscow's supposed anti-ballistic missile cover. Obtaining Trident missiles from the USA for its independent nuclear deterrent proved to be a more cost-effective option for the UK.
Good presentation
I'm sorry but you can't possibly stop another country from counter striking due to nuclear subs
Yup. Hence why 14 Ohio Class constantly rotate around the globe DAILY!
I’m always a little tickled when Russia talks about how their new nuke can’t be shot down, even the whole premise of MAD is that since the 70s, we couldn’t hope to shoot down all of each other’s nukes
Plus after their claim of their hypersonic missiles being impossible to shoot down. I do feel slightly skeptical at such claims.
Not a dice I want to roll though.
@@davescott7680 Didnt their hypersonic missiles already got shot down and some scientists were arrested because of it?
From my little bit of knowledge on the subject, the faster something goes the harder it is to change direction so it easier to compute the trajectory.
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You understand ukraine also make propaganda right?
I only believe the leaks from the pentagon, every info coming out of the press is probably not accurate
I think both sides have figured out that MAD is not necessarily what they want. The goal of MAD is to prevent a nuclear war since both sides would lose everything. Being able to shoot down your enemy's ICBMs while having ICBMs of your own that can't be shot down completely upends the whole concept of MAD, and would (in theory at least) make your side invincible in the event of a nuclear exchange.
I am sure I have mentioned this before, but love the new intro! I also think these were in a video game before now.....could be wrong.
ITs grey and gloomy outside..drizzling with rain mid August…and I’ve just watched this… 💥🥳
But surely these FOBS aren't something new?
FOBS?
@@eadweard. Fractional Orbital Bombardment System.
Glad i am old
Mutually Assured Destruction is a thing. No one is launching... we all have MIRVs
I’m a philosophy professor and a Catholic. Despite our metaphysical and epistemological differences, I’m a big fan of all your channels. You and your team do great work.
Im probably not as concerned about the sarmat as i should be, solely because of how many other military claims Putin has made that have turned out to be at most outright lies and at the least exaggerations.
Yet this technology is nothing new both the US and Russia have both had MIRVs on their ICBMs for a few decades so yes it is something to be concerned about. It's foolish to think these things won't work they have already successfully tested massive nuclear warheads and test launched powerful rockets that can carry these warheads since the cold war. They have already been demonstrated to work.
I think my favorite thing about being a young person is the imminent danger of a nuclear war in my life time. My favorite
The ending of t his video is your best comment ever Simon. Respect.
I can't believe this video doesn't mention this obvious thing - It takes around 30 minutes of flight time on these ICBMs. A retaliatory attack can be launched 5 minutes after detection of Russian launches. Taking out the silos in the US is useless, the missiles wouldve been launched over 20 minutes ago.
MIRVs on Hypersonic missile platform is the definition of terrifying.
News Flash - All ICBM's are hypersonic...
@@alphabravodelta42 ooof
Yeah, “hypersonics” top out at Mach 5-6. ICBMs top out at mach 20.
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Well done indeed!
If it's any consolation Simon the theory of nuclear winter is pretty well debunked. Move to the south hemisphere to get out of the blast zone and your chances go up a whole lot.
The American and Russian governments are playing that hand stacking game but with nukes...
This guy is so amazingly funny. His attitude makes my,laughs echo throughout my house.
I was working on these back in the mid 90's at F.E. Warren AFB.
governments, no matter where they are, would rather invest in useless junk like this rather than spend money that can literally benefit someones life. how tragic.
"Well done, humanity." was such a Brain Blaze style comment. Almost expected Simon to end the video with that meme of He-Man singing
A big thing on the "what if". Do we really still think Russia can afford it? It's a little shocking to learn just how long these kinds of missiles have been around but in reality, is Russia ever going to have more than a test product of something big scary? I kind of doubt it.
If 2% of them work it's enough
Mainstream media consumer ? Ok
Lay off the media propaganda and you will learn the truth. Ask yourself, If Hitler has access to nuclear weapons, would he have used them right before he was defeated? You think world leaders are of "sound mind"? You actually think that "Someone noble within Putin's upper command will stop it before it happens"??????? Did anyone stop Hitler before he killed million's????? YOu live in a life of delusion. This happy little bubble that main stream media is happy to keep you in.
Big shout out to the experimental MIRV from Fallout 3.
Just finished the video and I think that when I do slowly die of radiation exposure I'm gonna be wearing some comfortable underwear. This is definitely the point where I feel like the guy in a John Wick movie who's hiding under a table hoping that everyone will simply calm down and give eachother a handshake and apologize to eachother and phew we all got carried away.
The U.S. has officially restarted our nuclear program with Los Alamos working on a new missile
Well done, humanity! Now give the controll of all these to AI...
How? The silo based ICBMs in the US still use floppy disk 💾.
that was a brief advert
What an interesting advertisement, Simon. You looked so uncomfortable doing that one . 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a lot of people may not "twig" onto is that we have had MRV warheads since the 60s. Nearly every missile has multiple warheads. What's new here is only that they are individually guided after dispersion.
The "classical" multi warhead missile laterally disperses the 3,4,5,6,7,8 individual war heads at a set height to enable a set radius within which they will land.
While they made massive bombs of many megatons, it was determine it was far more effective and caused far more devistation to have a whole set of smaller nukes go off in and around city, than one massive one.
It's literally nuclear carpet (area) bombing.
Partly driven by the massive targetting errors 1960s missiles had. A trident sub launched missile has a 50% chance of hitting within 4 miles of it's target! So, instead they disperse 3 warheads over a 5 mile target area and hopefully one of them will hit close to the actual target.
Horrific, yes. Barbaric, yes. Overkill, yes.
Most documentaries and films on the topic of nuclear exchange always simplify and limit the sheer amount of mushroom clouds that there will be.
It will not be that New York "got hit", by one bomb it will be hit by 5 or 6 or more missile payloads each containing 4 to 8 warheads landing over a 10-20mile radius. New York will cease to exist.
The day after and Threads comes to mind
Yep, very well done! Thanks for making life even more scary
Stay in your safe space, snowflake