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Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about how mankind went from building one atomic bomb to building tens of thousands of them, permanently 15 minutes or less away from ending all life on earth.
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Sources:
https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/a-horrifying-and-believable-path-to-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/inside-frighteningly-plausible-nuclear-attack-scenario/
https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10736700.2018.1513920
https://www.si.edu/media/NASM/NASM-DoomsdayDelayed.pdf
https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/i-have-sought-to-slaughter-as-few
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1996/november/strategic-bombing-always-myth
https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/rcaf-bomber-squadrons-overseas/strategic-bombing/
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/bombing-because-you-can-operation
https://www.amazon.com/Bombing-Win-Coercion-Cornell-Security/dp/0801483115
https://www.amazon.com/15-Minutes-General-Countdown-Annihilation/dp/1250002087
https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788
https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-Scenario-Annie-Jacobsen/dp/0593476093
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