TEOTWAWKI 1 - Nuclear Weapons: A Delicate Balance

Published: March 1, 2018, 11:58 p.m.

Ten apocalypses later, we're finally here.\xa0

It's easy to forget, living our comfortable lives, that there are hundreds of nuclear-armed missiles that could destroy civilisation at the drop of a hat... after just one order. Or maybe - an accident.\xa0

In this episode, I'll talk about the history of nuclear weapons; some of the incidents when we came closest to annihilation; and what the world would look like after a nuclear war.

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