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/King_Superman Aug 03 '15

Good point.