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#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy
Lex Fridman Podcast
American ICBMs have to fly over Russia to reach North Korea
The revelation is that American ICBMs have a critical flaw in range, which means if the U.S. were to launch a counterattack on North Korea, the ICBMs would have to fly over Russia. This flaw leads to a situation where Russia could misinterpret the attack, potentially escalating into nuclear war. The existence of this flaw in national security is alarming, yet it is a topic that many avoid discussing, as confirmed by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
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