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#38 Carl Robichaud - Will There Be A Nuclear War?

Within Reason

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Close Calls and the Risk of Nuclear War

This chapter discusses the dangerous situation of nuclear weapons and provides examples of close calls throughout history. It emphasizes the need to take nuclear threats seriously by highlighting incidents such as radar equipment mistaking moonrise over Norway as a missile launch, the loss of communication with multiple defense sites leading to a suspected attack, and the intense events of October 27, 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis.

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