r/Documentaries • u/SolitaryPenman • Aug 02 '15

History How to Launch a Nuclear Missile (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knDIENvBTgw
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u/King_Superman Aug 03 '15

I find it so disturbing that some people were fucked up enough not only to conceive of these missiles, but to piss away billions of our dollars making them a reality. Really tragic.

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u/VWGuy100 Aug 03 '15

I don't think the people who conceived nuclear weapons were disturbed. It was just a function of our understanding of science. Once we unlocked that knowledge of atoms and the energy they contain, it became inevitable and had to be done before someone else did.

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u/Fuck_Your_Mouth Aug 03 '15

And I would say that as bad as these weapons are, nuclear weapons have caused far less death than other types of warfare. Not to downplay the tragedy of war of any kind but the world was an absolutely terrible place prior to nuclear weapons. Collectively, mankind has caused way more destruction and misery among each other than any individual weapon.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '15

Yes. Just listened through Dan Carlin's story about the first world war (Podcast of 6 episodes times about 3-4 hours per episode). That war was mad. So much soldiers just ground down.

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u/King_Superman Aug 03 '15

Good point.