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225 | Jon Wolfsthal: How Do We Handle Nuclear Weapons After Ukraine?

The Realignment

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Strategic Nuclear Weapons

When weapons were invented by the united states, curtis lemay, who was the head of a strategic air command, viewed them as just a great way to start fires. With one airplane, i can do what it took me days and hundreds of aircraft to do in tokyo or dresden. In fact, nuclear weapons were much different. We learned that very quickly, as their explosive power became larger. Pticcly with the invention of thermo nuclear or hydrogen bombs, we recognized these were city killers,. That one could destroy a capital or major, major city of millions. Then overtime, it was actually isanhouer who said, you know, these are really

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