WCCO-TV: Nuclear Warning, report by Tom Hendrick, 1982

WCCO multi part report on Nuclear War. In 1982 the cold war was white hot. Reagan Admin was putting MX (first strike) missiles into Europe. Americans were being told nuclear was would be "survivable." A nationwide nuclear freeze movement was burgeoning.
Millions, on both sides of the Atlantic, were freaked.
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[@johnmonty1976]

Let's review these old notes. We may need them.

[@MaxTooney]

The same government willing to launch these ICBMs was also thoughtful enough to provide coloring books for the kiddies. Let's all hope that their crayons don't vaporize before they get a chance to use them.

[@erikarabie]

Closer to this now than we were back then

[@GRasputin91]

Nah, ain't nobody got the balls to blow up the world. It's always just been fear mongering. Those things are just sitting in the silos collecting dust

[@WednesdayAddamsMW]

4:15 No. Each Minuteman-II missile had a single 1.2 megaton warhead. Fortunately, this missile and its corresponding warhead were ultimately retired from service in the early 1990s wothout having ever been fired in anger.

[@jamessimms415]

A bunch of crispy critters

[@gregargendeli2973]

wholy cow, doug moor from kntv!