Most Replayed Moment: Here's What Happens When A Nuclear Bomb Drops! These Countries Will Be Safe!

What It Covers

Annie Jacobsen details the minute-by-minute catastrophic effects of nuclear war, describing how a thousand Russian warheads would kill hundreds of millions instantly and trigger nuclear winter, potentially killing five billion people globally.

Key Questions Answered

• •Nuclear winter survival zones: New Zealand and Australia are the only regions that could sustain agriculture after nuclear war, as mid-latitude areas like Iowa and Ukraine would be covered in ice sheets for ten years, causing global agricultural collapse and mass starvation.
• •Presidential influence on disarmament: President Reagan watched the 1983 TV movie The Day After, became greatly depressed, reversed his pro-nuclear stance, and negotiated with Gorbachev to reduce global nuclear arsenals from seventy thousand warheads in 1986 to twelve thousand five hundred today through treaties.
• •Immediate nuclear strike effects: A one megaton thermonuclear bomb creates 180 million degree flash igniting fires across nine mile radius, generates hundred square mile mega fires, and causes radiation poisoning killing survivors within minutes to weeks, with molten asphalt streets and complete infrastructure collapse.
• •Submarine missile navigation vulnerability: US submarine-launched ballistic missiles navigate primarily through star sighting technology, using ancient celestial navigation methods that may protect against AI takeover attempts, though not all nine nuclear powers use equally secure systems, creating potential AGI exploitation risks.