She’s calmly and lovingly explaining to a cherished young person how they’re going to be incinerated with love

She should make a relaxation audio for playing when the bombs drop. Just some herbal tea and her voice. Ahhh, so peaceful (blinding flash).

I haven't read a book in 30 years, I read this 400-page book in 4 days. Incredible information as bleak and terrifying as it is, a must read to understand how close we are to destruction.

Does anyone else find her voice very relaxing? I mean she's talking about the end of the world and I'm still like... ☺️

Annie Jacobsen: She is the ultimate Horror/ASMR/Bedtime Story Narrator. Nothing this horrible ever sounded so good.

How wonderful to listen to a well-spoken, articulate, knowledgeable person on possibly the most important subject of our time. I can’t listen to people drunk with emotions, which is most people in mainstream media and to a lesser extent, KZfaq and the like, and people in general. I applaud sober people who speak clearly and intelligently and who don’t spew their emotional energy all over the listener. High praise to Annie and my deepest thanks to her for sharing the facts of such a deeply serious matter in such a calm and reasonable way. Thanks Annie for making palatable, what is unthinkable. I plan to get the audio of this woman’s remarkable book.

Even in Canada, the US owns a lab in many upper air stations with air scrubbers that detect radioactive isotopes. These filters are changed regularly and the difference in time between detection between locations allows triangulation of where the isosopes came from. In this way, nuclear incidents or tests above ground cannot be hidden. The Americans can find the location of any such event anywhere on the planet.

I’m reading her book now. It’s absolutely eye opening and mind blowing. We are so under prepared for nuclear war.

I just got done with the audiobook. It’s astonishing, frightening and well worth it. Buy this book and share it!

Finished reading it last week, is fascinating and frightening

I got the audio book...and, as former USAF Intelligence, I was amazed at the authenticity, the detail, and the horror. It is definitely worth reading or listening to.

If we were going to strike N. Korea, wouldn’t we use submarines? Just curious because Annie describes a scenario where we would “go over pole” and Russia using ICBM’s.

I grew up in the Soviet Union and we had a nuclear underground concrete shelter next to every school and drill what to do in case of nuclear attack. I don't see any nuclear shelters in major cities in the US, and that nuclear shelters should be constructed and ready asap!

Bought her book on audible and on amazon to try to support her for doing such great, detailed work. Looking forward to reading it (but at the same time not, lol)

Great but terrifying book. Absolutely terrifying

For such an expert there are a few holes in her information. The US has Attack Subs following every single Russian Sub. Not that the Russian sub-fleet ventures out much anymore. Also, we would not use ICBMs on North Korea. We would use SLBMs (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles) and/or nuclear-capable cruise missiles.

I listen to this when im stressed. Crazy relaxing voice.

It’s going to happen the only question is when. Humans will never learn not to destroy themselves. If someone has something that you desire and can’t get the response is to take it by force by many people. The reason countries have military’s is not about defending themselves it’s about imposing their countries will on others that think differently.

She needs a netflix show

She has an amazing voice

Sounds like an interesting book. I'll check it out. She's certainly hyping it up; many many interviews on KZfaq.

Smart Author, she wrote a book on people's fears during a time when everyone is afraid. I love Nukes, it's going to suck if you ever hear the "Tang" sound that they create as metal explodes, but just for a fraction of a second. Seriously, don't worry about the Nukes, the day will come when they will be used, all weapons made eventually get used. Instead think about what you are going to do in the event you are lucky or unlucky enough to live?

I think I’m in LOVE 🥰 with Annie ❤️😂

I'm buying this book.

Glad she is talking about the fallacy of the current U.S interceptor system. I can't believe how many people believe the interceptors are a credible defense in their current guise.

" My only friend the End " Jim Morrison/The Doors 1967 ⏰️

I wish the host would have held up Annies book so i know what it looks like ? So i could buy it !

She mentions The Day After. British film Threads is much more terrifying. I saw the ABC movie the nite it was telecast, Threads a few years later at a small boutique theater. Threads was, IMO, much more realistic.

50% miss rate by interceptors? Maybe - it's a tough gig. However these interceptor missiles exist to guard against one or two launches from rogue states - generally seen as a more likely threat. No one in their right mind would think that 44 interceptors can deal with a massive Russian or Chinese attack - why is this even brought up as a serious issue?

Awesome podcast. Just ordered her book. 👌🏻

Her book ( and the inevitable movie) are important because of the conversations that will result. It’s important to realize how implausible her sequence of events is. NK launches a single ICBM at DC, and the US responds in minutes with scores of minuteman missiles that must overfly Russian airspace. This initiates a massive Russian strike, and a subsequent massive US response. It is implausible to the point of absurdity that our military hasn’t simulated many scenarios that avoid this escalation chain. What about our response coming from air-launched cruise missiles or SLBMs? There will certainly always be a US boomer submarine in the western Pacific. One could even imagine a scenario in which the US responds with a massive conventional attack

The book "Fail safe" from 1963 is very interesting. In this story the cause is a computer error which sends a bomber squadron to Moscow.

Have hypersonic missiles changed the timing?

She sounds exactly like The Boss from MGS 3: Snake Eater which makes this so much more credible

She needs to include y'all facts about what the positive are of nuclear weapons and treatments for exposure like ARS or ARP to truly understand and try and affect change. Listen to Ryan MacBeth.

Why do a handful of people get to decide our death? Today a few people brought us all closer to death. I do not give psychopaths' power over my life.

What is the point of briefing the president if he is senile?

She reminds me of the character, Professor Groeteschele from the film Fail Safe. BTW what are the odds that years ago, the Chicoms and Russians haven't slipped nukes into the country via lead lined shipping containers, and they're just parked around the country in major cities and near military bases? Port and customs officials can't be bought off to look the other way?

Things to think about.......container based nukes, hypersonic nukes, dirty bomb nukes smuggled in from the " open border" Or satelite nukes already in orbit...just waiting. That would be truly destructive because of the EMP . I don't think that an ICBM will be the first use choice

Hi, in your opinion what is the likelihood of a nuclear war? And which country is most likely to use nuclear, given the most recent developments in IRAN-ISRAEL?

Never read such a stressing book!

Wow excellent discussion. I wasn't aware that we don't have a separate doctrine for a rogue state nuclear missile attack. I would have thought the response would have been a massive air and sea attack with Conventional weapons. This assumes only one or two missiles were fired at the U.S. homeland. If the president does not have that discretion under laws passed to do such a thing...that is horrible. 80 ICBM missile as a response is nuts.

I find her voice to American quite slow. However enjoyed her interview immensely 😊

I guess she has to sell her book. I remember in the 80's this was a daily topic (unfortunately it' coming back). We've known since 1954 (Castle Bravo) about the effects. Happy sales AJ!

The closest we came to nuclear war was during the Cuban Missile Crisis when an insane US navy captain attacked a Soviet submarine by dropping depth charges on it. That was an act of war and the Soviet sub commander and political officer, between them, were authorized to launch a nuclear torpedo if attacked by the US navy. The commander wanted to launch the nuke at a US carrier and the political officer disagreed so the carrier didn't get nuked. Also, the Soviet commander in Cuba was cleared to use Frog tactical nuclear missiles to defend Cuba against a US invasion. If JFK had given the order to start WW III by invading Cuba, it would have gone nuclear in the first hour. That is worth considering with all the neocon lunatics advocating a NATO attack on Russia. The lesson of the Cuban Missile is that there may not even be a conventional phase to WW III. It could go nuclear immediately. The other close call was when the US was doing a nuclear exercise called Able Archer, in 1983, that the Soviets took for the real thing so they had their nuclear forces on high alert. Then the Russians had a glitch with their early warning system that gave them a false warning of a US ICBM launch. There was a Soviet officer with orders to launch on warning but he disobeyed orders and waited for conformation. He lost his job but he saved the world. The lesson of that close call is that it is dangerous to cause the other side to put their nuclear forces on high alert.

What's missing here is that AGEIS. SM6 and SM3 are a shield and there are lots of them. On top of that you're missing the energy based systems.

This chick could lull me to sleep with tales of the apocalypse.

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth -luke 21

Love Annie's books in general and this one in particular. However, she has two major blind spots in her narrative. First is regarding missile defense. Yes, the Alaska and California sites have limited numbers of interceptors (mostly due to treaty obligations). But I find it odd that she doesn't even mention the Navy's newfound ability to hit ICBMs with the new SM-3 Block IIA. It seems she could at least mention this capability rather than presenting only the evidence against missile defense. Similar with the nuclear winter thing. Yes, there are plenty of studies that say it will be bad. There are also plenty of studies that say it will be quite mild. On both of these issues, she presents a consensus that just isn't there. Great book otherwise! Don't read it at night though

"The only way to win is not to play" is a good quote from a movie, but apparently we have some rogue actors out there saying "if can't get what I want, then we all die." Trying to squirm out of MAD for "reasons". As if they are holding the globe hostage. In that case, we die free.

Isn’t this timing problem part of Putins argument for not having NATO in Ukraine?

Prepare for the end, so scary

What about all the sea creatures that have been proven useful for secret missions?

China also has mobile launch platforms for missiles such as the hypersonic DF-41 even.

Annie Jacobsen has that throaty, husky, relaxed voice that makes the most horrendous end of the World scenario seem so matter-of-fact and peaceful....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😎🇮🇱

There were some strange ideas in her book. Such as the idea that firestorms would cook survivors in the White House bunker. Earth and concrete are very poor conductors, and if they survived the initial strike, a firestorm-if one occurred would be survivable.

Sarah Connor speaking - great interview.

When you think about what kind of people sitting in the position to push the button around the world,it’s outright scary..!

Israel was serious with its Iron Dome tech. They knew the Cold War 1970s in the Philippines. So Filipinos had own experience on interceptor systems. In the 1980s, Israel asked for these techs from everyone, I guess with help from US. The US surely also patiently gathering knowledge on actual Cold War Star Wars and Star Trek techs. I wonder what the state of military tech or power the Philippines had that time in the 1980s.

The stars don't change on human time scales. The Apollo space craft steered by the stars.

What frightens me is that I might not be at ground zero. I want to be vaporized and I am scared that I won't be.

Annie Jacobsen sounds like the Hollywood Rona Barrett of Thermonuclear War.

Tell Annie Thank You. What the "Ostrich-People" don't admit is that even today, after all the Strategic Arms Reductions of the 'Nuclear Club', Global Thermonuclear War would be a Near-Extinction Level Event (E.L.E.) for Terran-Humanity. Also, I had it explained to me in the late 1970s that The U.S. shifted from a Second-Strike (Launch after Initial Attack) to Launch on Warning due to Soviet ICBMs becoming more accurate (Sub-500yds C.E.P.) & the Soviet Plan for a Time-On-Target (T.O.T.) Attack Scenario (Preemptive or otherwise). If you wait for your Enemies' Inbound Attack to begin hitting Target to physically verify a Nuclear Attack & your Attacker achieves a T.O.T of 05min. Or Less, you won't be able to Respond. GOD Help us All. Now then: Opinions are like Assholes, and I guess I just showed mine. Also, I agree that Launch On Warning is a Grevious Mistake & a Dangerous, Misleading Policy. I pray for the Men & Women of the Armed Forces for the burden of executing a Nuclear Attack Response. GOD Bless, Love and Protect the Peoples of Earth. Good Night.

How come Nuclear Winter didn't happen from all the Nuke tests?

Pressing a button normally.

That's what my grandpa taught me when I was a child

🤗Annie

Humm....at 1:14 Annie is describing a star-siting missile guidance system for sub-launched ICBM/IRBMs. I'm calling BS on this one. I worked in a land-based ICBM system that - once-upon-a-time - had a star-siting guidance system, but it was replaced in the 70s with a fully inertial guidance system. I'm not a Navy guy but I feel strongly that their ICBM/IRBMs are *not* using 60+ year-old guidance technology. Just the technical aspects of using a star-siting system would be outrageously difficult for an ocean-launched missile.

This is my type of party girl.

It’s fascinating reading and a real eye opener but no book ever stopped a war from taking place. Unfortunately we are dealing with leaders who have no morals or any compassion towards their fellow man/ woman. Deterance does not work in reality.

She should do an instructional nuke disaster painting, kind of like Bob Ross, but with a not too happy ending.

I thought our limited but technically capable ABM systems, like THAAD, were built to deal with the rogue launch. The successes of the Patriot missile and Iron Dome indicate a refined American capability to solve the challenges of interception, although not with 100% assurance of success. Ballistic missile submarines do have to be concerned about the ASW capabilities of their opponent. The P-8 aircraft, US Navy and Coast Guard surface vessels, SOSUS type systems, and attack submarines are threats to ballistic missile submarines. If a ship with SM-6 missiles is within a close range, interception of the missile in boost phase is possible. More likely the launch coordinates can be established and missiles directed to that location. A ballistic missile submarine would have to make a choice about a curtailed salvo or fire missiles until it is destroyed. The closer the sub is to the adversary's shore, the more likely the sub is hit before it can launch all its missiles.

wonder if annie has seen the bbc film war book?

I saw a tour video on one these missile silos they showed the steps and old technology they take to lunch minute man missiles. They use large floppy disk not the 3 whatever inch or the 5 what ever inches. They use larger ones i don't remember how much bigger but bigger than the 5 inch ones got two persons at the old computer from the 60s or something they have two nobs they have to turn at unicen then the missiles will start do the sequence to launch. That was interesting how its done then and still today it called a fail safe i believe why they still use that old technology.

This lady is a breath of fresh air. With honesty. The clock is ticking with Putin and the support he's having from the republican party in the USA

A.J. is smiling on the link as she presents nuclear destruction.

It was Madame de Pompadour, lover of Louis XV of France, said "After me the flood" in French of cause.

Wow what a voice Imagine if she hosted a late night radio show playing chill out blues or country ?

She can see into the future with those thick glasses

It would be 33 minutes that number!

"Realistically inform" through terror. The last 3 times we've been at high DEFCON's, we prevailed through cool minds and extreme luck. The world could've ended in the early 80's, over a computer mistake. Now youre embracing AI.

HAPPENS. When we talk all the time of what leaders want

⭐Stock up on precious metals (brass, copper, lead) while you can, from Winchester, Remington, etc.⭐

Not if when

Russia has weapons that cannot be detected by radar, also they have under water weapons that cannot be detected so the briefing is irrelevant

Maybe it's just me, but the concept of nuclear war(and, personally, I'm of the opinion that some kind of global conflict is inevitable at this point) doesn't concern me as much as it should. Human beings, so I understand from the latest findings, have existed, in some form, for more than a million years. The number of people who have lived and died in all that time is virtually incalculable. We, who are alive today, have the unique opportunity to see, first hand, the potential end of the species, should any of the brushfires burning around the World get out of control. Is it just me, or does knowing that we may be witnesses to the twilight of humanity, somehow fill anyone else with excitement? Personally, I feel blessed to be here, at the beginning of the end...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😎🇮🇱

I’m SOOO in love with ANNIE ❤️ she’s SUCH a a HOTTIE ❤️

I listened to this book on audible. I thought she had AI read her book....nope just strange AI voice. Great Book...was hard to listen to her voice for hours.

What is the chance we cat nucleaire war

The satellites detect infrared emissions, heat, and the amount of energy being emitted, ICBMs will emit distinct heat signatures from size of missile nozzle. The trajectory needs to be calculated but the missile needs to start to pitch over from vertical to begin the calculations with direction being determined quickly but distance will need to wait until near booster shutdown. Any detection false or not will take a minute of observation to assess before determining the threat of that detection. A single launch would not look like a first strike, it would take many simultaneous launches with ICBM heat signatures to start the defense process immediately while working on trajectory calculations to confirm an attack on US. The sub launch ballistic missile is hindered by the increased noise a larger nuclear powered sub makes and the very robust sonar net the US coasts have plus attack subs patrolling makes approaching the coast is difficult but not impossible. In times of increased tensions extra patrols will be assigned and the sonar net will be very attentive in real time, complacency is a main factor in letting foreign subs approach undetected until sonar records are reviewed catching the sub after the fact.

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And a Chinese spy balloon traveled across the entirity of the US mainland. 😅

The dude who directed BR 2049 bought the rights to make a film about this book

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Last night I dreamed of an angel wearing the same black glasses.

Look up.

Why do KZfaq want people to see this over your other videos? Strange they have pushed this at me multiple times and I’ve never viewed your channel before

She's got a hot voice ❤

you cant intercept a mach 27 projectile

I hope I'm wrong but I think that nuclear war is inevitable at this point