How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the Bomb

24/08/2021 43 min
How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the Bomb

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Agenda:Weren’t nukes good for global stability? The idea of Mutually Assured DestructionGame Theory and the First Strike problem of most nuclear weaponsThe Dr. Strangelove scenarioWere there close calls? Yes, here are all of themAlso, the broken arrow problemCan you actually get rid of nukes? Probably not…....but can you get rid of the first strike problem? Probably!The magic of stealth boomer submarinesFmr. SecDef William J Perry’s modest proposalHow would you get this done? Who do you lobby?https://www.wjperryproject.org/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/reconsiderpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.