America's 3 New Nukes (and the weapons they have to counter)
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- For the first time in decades, the United States now has at least three new nuclear weapons making their way toward service, including a new long-range air-launched nuclear cruise missile, a powerful new nuclear bomb, and the nation's first new ICBM - or intercontinental ballistic missile - since the 1970s.
But these aren't the only new nuclear weapons to emerge in recent years... And the truth is, America's global adversaries have a number of new weapons of their own.
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You seem to have forgotten the Peacekeeper missile fielded in the 80's. 1985-2005, these missiles had twelve Mark 21 reentry vehicles, each armed with a 300-kiloton W87 warheads. They were BEASTS!
They were extremely accurate as well.
Peacekeeper had the capabilities that the Ruzzkies *claim* Sarmat has today, but it had them back in the 1980s. This is what we should use to replace the Minuteman III, in an updated form of course. We don’t have to keep 12 warheads on them while the last nuclear treaty is still in place (or actually, not in place, but not yet really being violated either). But we should have the capability to put more than 3 MIRVs on each ICBM if the treaty system breaks down entirely, or if China won’t get on board with it. We make up for this with the ability to carry so many MIRVs on the Trident II-D5, but we’ll have fewer of those when the Ohio class is replaced by the Columbia class (with only 16 missiles each). Unilateral nuclear disarmament is stupid. If anything, we should be building more of them right now.
China stole its nuclear info from the US.
The Peacekeeper was developed in the 70s. He didn’t forget.
@@ronjon7942 First flight was 1983
Bracketing a target with 2 nukes of 100kt is generally more effective than hitting target with 1 200kt bomb.
Sounds plausible. Source?
We should be building an updated version of the Peacekeeper ICBM, which had all the *claimed* capabilities of the Sarmat 40 years ago. We don’t have to put 12 MIRVs on them while the treaty is sort of still in effect, but if the treaty system breaks down, it would be nice to have that option without having to build 4x as many Sentinel missiles, just because someone thought 3 MIRVs would be enough.
Meh. We have FBM
Actually I'd rather have 4x the missiles, since modern interceptor tech seems to be focused on boost phase and mid-course interception. Only a matter of time until the chinese commies have an SM-3 midcourse interceptor equivalent. Less MIRV eggs per basket means less of the total alpha strike throw will be intercepted.
We should be building a secure future based on peace and integrity, as opposed to throwing nuclear heated rocks at each other _exactly_ as Neanderthals would do. Because a world based on fear of other humans is all you know, it is all you can conceive of and all you can force onto the next generation.
@@jakelilevjen9766??
@@johndc2998 Sorry, Trident II
The US Army just chose General Dynamics and Rheinmetall as finalists for the 4000 Bradley replacement IFVs.
Could you do a Firepower series video about this program, the two finalists and the other three that dropped out. Or more generally the current state of IFVs (Bradley, CV90, Puma, Lynx) and their most likely future. Maybe even including anti air IFVs like some CV90 variants and SkyRanger.
General Dynamics caused a bunch of british soldiers to get health issues with their AJAX IFV because of design flaws. I'm surprised the US didn't pick up on that
Task & Purpose has a few videos on the IFV replacement program I think. I still find it kinda sad that they didn't go with a CV90-based platform. That would've been so cool.
“Hey can you make a video about all this stuff I already know about?” 😂
China stole its nuclear info from the US.
@@uku4171 the CV90 is one of the best current generation IFVs, but it's just that. Currently good. Not future good or future proof. It's among the best right now because they have stuffed every tech we have now in it, but they won't be able to do much more.
The Lynx is a new clean sheet design that can be made much more modular and ready to accept new technologies and upgrades over time.
You can see the inspiration for the B-21 "Raider" when you see a diving Peregrine Falcon in profile.
A surreal feeling is that my previous job required me many times to drive from Bismarck North Dakota to Minot North Dakota. That highway would take me right through the midst of the ICBM fields. They would be anywhere from several hundred yards to several miles away from the highway in various directions. I thought wow not a good place to be if world war 3 breaks out
Used to live in Minot, only in retrospect did I think the very same thing lol
Fun fact! The Minutemen use super detailed gravity anomaly maps to guide them to their targets. Minutemen are controlled at FE Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. I went to college about 45 minutes down the highway from there. One year when the school was cleaning out old maps from the library and giving them away, I found a gravity anomaly map, a full book of the northern hemisphere actually. So I have a copy of the map that is used to aim these missiles!
Cool story bruh.
Hope some men in suits don't come knocking down your doors😂
There are Minuteman IIIs based at Minot AFB, ND, Maelstrom AFB, MT, and FE Warren
@aregeebee201 100% Wrongo!!!
@@johnsmith1953x Why-o ?
America needs more nuclear missiles and warheads like it had in the 80s. USA needs these as Russia and China are building huge amounts of new nuclear weapons. The USA needs a new MX missle carrying upto 12 warheads and at least a stockpile of 10000 nuclear warheads. The US military needs also to increase the number of nuke submarines, its planning to build only 16😢. This needs to increase at least to 20-24 new submarines.
In actuality, the most potent nuclear deterrent United States capability is embodied in its sea leg. Each of the 14 Ohio Class submarines carry 24 UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 missiles. Each missile on average carries only four Mk-4A RV 100 kt W76-1warheads due to the warhead limitations placed by the START treaty. Development is in work on a new Mk-7 RV and W93 warhead. The Ohio themselves are being replaced by the Columbia-class boats. The first is expected to enter service in 2031. At the present, the sea leg element of the nuclear deterrent is considered invulnerable to a preemptive attack and the most creditable leg of the Triad.
The Ohio class actually has 4 of their missile tubes filled with concrete cylinders to comply with treaty limits (which may fall apart in the near future). And unfortunately, the Columbia class will only have 16 missile tubes each in order to make room for a revolutionary propulsion system while still being able to fit in the sub yards. We should be coming up with a nuclear cruise missile that can be launched from torpedo and/or vertical launch tubes on all our subs. Can’t convert the Tomahawk back to nuclear because then any Tomahawk attack could be seen as a potential nuclear attack. But maybe a sea-launched version of the new Air Force nuclear cruise missile could be developed.
China stole its nuclear info from the US.
@@bluemarlin8138 The D5 missiles can be equipped with more RVs as can the LGM-30 Minuteman III. The limiting factor is the New START delivery RV limitations. Considering China, who is not abiding by New START limitations and Russia has suspended its participation in the treaty, these delivery vehicle restraints may be ending in the foreseeable future. Increasing RVs on existing missiles and reactivating the deactivated Ohio silos would be a short term answer to China's dash for supremacy.
Regarding D5s, they also can carry W88 300kt warheads but it is unknown how often they do.
W-76-0 is in the process of being "upgraded" to the W-76-1 with GPS guidance and only a 5-7kt warhead. Because our present civilian leadership apparently believes GPS will still function in a nuclear effects environment (it won't).
SSBNs are great, but generally, only one or two of our twelve SSBNs is st sea at a time, equipped with about 60-70 warheads total. Until our government leaders (rulers?) are willing to fund more than minimal deterrence, this situation will persist.
For deterrence to work, the US must possess a sufficiently credible threat to impose totally unacceptable cost to the use of nuclear weapons or any WMDs to even the most irrational leader. Without the mass that comes from ICBMs, that credibility is lacking in the present deployed force, as SSBNs go to sea so rarely over the past several years.
You realise if a country has nothing to lose these dont matter right?😂😂😂 the usa has no defense against nukes atm
A superb commentary.
AH’s passion?
Unrivalled.
As passionate as the other AH we all know from 80 yrs ago
@@jrdsm I'm a big fan of *Alex Hollings* myself but I still think *Alfred Hitchcock* was more passionate in his early Hollywood career.
TND (Total Nuclear Destruction)
totally agree. His energy makes the info easy to take in.
Kim walking out of that hanger was hilarious!😂 He looked like a mix of a break dancer and a member of the MOB!!!😂😂
Love your videos Alex! Your channel is the reason I waited up all night for the b21 reveal :)
Keep up the good work in 2024 and beyond 🤟
You do such a great job with your content and your reporting. Keep up the good work Alex!
To put this into perspective, little boys actual yield has been debated forever. The estimates range from 6-21 KTs. The current official estimate is about 13. Fat man was estimated at 23. The W-80 warhead at low yield is actually around half of Hiroshima. And either of those weapons would be considered tactical weapons now. Damn.
I appreciate you, and your channel! Thanks for keeping me informed.
First new ICBM since the 70s? Did we forget about the LGM-118 Peacekeeper (MX)? We deployed them starting in 84 or 85, until we threw them away and destroyed the last one in 2005.
"Threw away" is incorrect. They were decommissioned and the missiles converted into satellite launch vehicles. The warheads were redeployed on to Minuteman III. I believe that both MX and Minuteman used the same silos (MX was designed to re-use them, but was outlived by the system it was intended to replace).
Alex, I always come away after watching your videos, especially this one, knowing more about important things. Thank you!
Came for the forensic analysis and journalistic rigour... Stayed for the "has the world gone M.A.D?" pun.. 👌
This is my favorite comment of the day.
@@SandboxxApp
Please pronounce correctly the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (X-47M2 Кинжал).
The letter Ж,ж (translit. zh) is pronounced like the s in 'pleasure' or 'fusion'.
Say Kin-shal, not Kin-zal
The a is longer like in 'calm'.
You’re channel is so amazing. Literally the best channel on TH-cam for this type of info!
Deterrence is based on an overwhelming power, you have to continually build on that power. Proud our country continues show they understand that. Now if we could just show some accountability for every dollar outside of the military for our taxes that’s the next step.
You're joking right? US military spending is out of control for what we actually get from it. China spends way less than we do, yet is able to progress and manufacture at a far higher rate than we do. I'm all for a powerful military, but our spending is so insanely inefficient it makes any other governmental inefficiencies seem quaint, outside of maybe all the money we spend to have a half-rate health insurance system where people still have to pay loads out of pocket.
Good news. We can't afford to fall behind.
Who is ahead when M.A.D. occurs?
We can't afford ANYTHING!!! Where have you been? We have gone broke hosting the invaders and supporting foreign LOSING wars.....
@@greggrace967calm down Karen 😅
@@greggrace967I encourage you to look at the numbers of our spending on other things as well as the sorts of weapons we sent to Ukraine (mostly stuff we would have had to pay to dispose of). These two things are not why our budget is fucked.
@@greggrace967 generally speaking, most people think we print money as needed. Good plan, right? lol
sandboxx i just want to say, your the most reliable news for military stuff in general for me on youtube, alot of the other ones are usually ridiculous or lack luster clickbait fests that have the same voice ALL the time, you are the only one i recognize that actually puts effort into it, and for that i commend you.
Just a note correction, NG does infact build the 1st & 2nd stage motors for Sentinel. Aerojet does the the 3rd stage.
You’re always making videos on stuff that truly matters. Good job. Been here since 5k subs and I’ve loved every video. You’re easily one of my top 10 creators and I’m a TH-cam connoisseur and basically spend all day every day on TH-cam and subbed to literally thousands of channels.
No mention of the AGMs being used for Rapid Dragon? Nothing like measuring nukes by pallet.
Now THAT'S a MIRV! Dear Lord, the absolute unholy firestorm that could be unleashed using Rapid Dragon is nothing short of eye popping.
"whether or not the world has gone MAD" in the intro - kudos
I agree and fully support updating/replacing our strategic nuclear deterrent however at the same time we also need to protect our electrical grid from EMP attack and CME events from the Sun. Failure to do so could result with some estimates of up to 90% of the population in the USA being ended by starvation within one year of an EMP event. The Lexington Institute article from July 2020 by Paul Steidler determined that the projected cost at that time to protect the electrical grid in the USA at approximately $50 billion. That is one percent of the estimated total cost that would be needed to replace the entire grid, which would be about $5 Trillion dollars! In my opinion let's do both protecting our power grid and updating our deterrent while we still can for less than a Trillion dollars.
Thank you for sharing this, I was not aware of it.
A video about the AAS / FARA (armed scout helicopter) program would be cool. Sikorsky has the S-97 Raider compete with the Bell+Textron 360 Invictus.
The Raider has troop capacity while the Invictus does not, but that gives the Invictus better stealth properties, just like the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche had. Not sure why Sikorsky abandoned that design, as they first came up with it. Just to push a common scout and transport design when they already lost the Blackhawk transport replacement to the Bell V280 Valor?
I was also curious about the Comanche myself, it definitely looked the part and from the bin laden raid, it looks like they used those (even though it's been said it was a UH-60 variant) and if so, it appears the stealthy helicopter worked back then.
I'm wondering if they're still looking at making the V-247 which is supposed to be an unmanned ISR helicopter.
I seriously hope they get the Sikorsky Defiant X as well, it is definitely stealthy.
The Comanche got defunded by Congress as it wasn't needed for the war on terror. We didn't have a near peer threat so we kinda just went with the whole terror must be unalived routine and quit working on super duper high end stuff. We needed A.C. 130s not stealth hills that can bust tanks from 18 miles somewhat unimpede
China stole its nuclear info from the US.
That’s some Teddy Roosevelt action, “Speak softly & carry a big stick”.
Awesome channel!! Subscribed!! 👌👍🏻
Bravo 👏
By far your best an most informative video you have done!! Always appreciate your extensive research to inform the uninformed!
I hope this new sustainable ICBM is also kind to the environment and made from ethical, locally sourced materials .
And LGBTQXYZ friendly 😊
I dont think you have to worry about the environment if these things are used the hole planet would be dead
And, like Subaru's, I hope they're made with love.
@@jamesschenk the hole planet? 🤣
Lmao you really think the us give a fuck about the planet 🤣
Love your videos.
Have you done a video of the E7A replacing the E3 ?
Open System Architechture Is The Key! However, limiting access to that Architecture is Very Important.
12:55 Maybe, Devil Dog. Maybe, indeed.
But...
...because there's Always a But...
We've all had the experience of using electronic devices that were "Made In China"...lol
😆
Major issues with the Sentinel from what I’ve heard . Delayed and over budget as always . Not to mention all the necessary new infrastructure required . Alex can you talk about this ?
I read the title as “nuclear service weapons,” and began wondering where that would end up on the use-of-force pyramid.
Great video! Thanks
Excellent work!
Alex, the answers to your opening questions are YES and YES.
Yes, new Cold War.
Yes, Business as Usual.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis my father was in the Air Force and my family was in base housing in West Germany. We spent about two weeks in the basement fallout shelters wearing our dog tags so that our charred and crushed bodies could be identified. I was all of five at the time. Business as usual...
It is different now, worse situation, and a less capable ability to deter adversaries to protect our assets.
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle Worse than over 70,000 nuclear warheads? There's officially less than 20,000 now.
@@alancranford3398 Worse in the sense that nukes will likely never be used, but the cold war between China and the U.S. is favoring China since the U.S. relies on them for more than what China relies on the U.S. for.
Not to mention the advantage they have if a conflict in the Pacific were to occur.
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle Thanks for the clarification. Economic warfare can be devastating. The problem with kleptocracies is that they eventually run out of other people's money.
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle i don't think that it'll favor the prc, tbh - their demography won't allow them to sustain the ability to push such a conflict past the mid-2030s. not to mention us manufacturing leaving the prc and key military systems necessary for modern strike abilities only being available from us-based or -aligned companies leave the relationship more in the us's favor than in the prc's. the prc would have to start being successfully belligerent to succeed in such a cold war, and it would have to act fast. meanwhile the us just kinda has to keep doing what it's currently doing to come out ahead. having to act to gain the advantage typically isn't what the favored side has to do.
Great presentation. Though I can’t help but wonder if something “new” (as in from conceptually forward) should be done instead…
The more I think about these so called upgrades, the more I can only see them in the light of yesteryears Cold War.
Also: This whole not making any more fissile material while russia has been doing precisely this nonstop since 1991… 🤦♂️
Maybe there are, but we won't be hearing of those on TH-cam until those are replaced by even more potent successors
@6:40
I've seen this animation of this hypersonic glide vehicle so many times that I have it memorized. It shows up in every video on every channel that talks about hypersonic glide vehicles.
The Air Force is definitely trying to do a life extension on the MinuteMan 3. I've seen job ads for the life extension out to 2040. I can't believe they kept these and retired the MX PeaceKeeper instead.
MX had a bunch of unnecessary and expensive features.
@@richardthomas598BS they should have deactivated the aging Minute Man and keep The new more modern cold launched MX missle to make Treaty requirments.But Bush being a new world disorder moron compromised America deterrence keeping the antique and failing Minute man missles. The last two Minute Man test launches have failed badly👎
MIRVs are destabilizing, as they put so many "eggs" in one "basket." If you have a vulnerable land-based component and are limited by treaty to a certain number of warheads, better to provide the adversary with more targets. 400 de-MIRVed Minuteman accomplishes this much more effectively than 50 LGM-118 Peacekeepers.
Requiring all ICBMs to be solid fueled was probably the only truly good thing that McNamara did. SRMs have a long shelf life and from what I read there was a program ending in 2009 that replaced the solid boosters with new ones on MM-III.
@@richardthomas598 Like....? MX was expensive and delayed and smaller than intended warhead footprint, but had everything needed. It was hobbled by inanse basing scheme, which amounted to 80% of total programme cost, had it gone to full deployment.
I love seeing concepts for the new future stealth fighter planes. Though I love looking at the future helicopters!!!!
Thank you, Alex
Greetings from Colorado, brother! First, thank you, Alex. You and the Dark family of podcasts are among the very last holdouts for grammatically correct, spoken colloquial, non-talking heads text spoken by humans instead of congenial (think STUPID writ large) AI computer generated voices. Can you think of a better synonym for 'computer-voices' than 'dumb-bombs?' Since the beginning of covid, the removal of time limits on podcasts and the advent of TickTock (Gak), there's been an accelerating attrition in the number of highly successful and profitable videographers. They're being overtaken by those willing to do the hard, expensive and time consuming WORK (also writ large) of fact checking, editing and quality guest acquisition. Yours continues to improve in the number and topical range of your shows. For which I am grateful. You're doing well, grasshopper. Thank you!
When Obama was nominated for the 2009 Nobel peace prize after fewer than 10 days in office, one of the main reasons cited was Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation. Obama went on to initiate a $1 trillion facelift of the US nuclear triad
Obama knew perfectly well he hadn’t done anything to deserve the award. You could tell by the speech he gave. Everyone and their mother knew the only reason he got it was because he wasn’t George Bush. The whole thing was a farce of a political statement, but he tried to act with some dignity without actually calling out the Nobel committee even though they deserved it.
Yet bombed yemen and countless nation at a much higher rate than even bush 🤣
@@blue_ish4499 He might have bombed Yemen specifically more than Bush, but are you really going to just pretend Bush didn't start the war on Afghanistan *and* Iraq? :/
@@maynardburger fair point but both sucks
When it comes to content creators, this is one of two channels regarding this type of subject matter that I watch religiously. The information for me is sometimes scary yet also been there done that because I’m a Gen Xer and have already lived through this scenario. As real as it is, there’s really nothing that we can do if doomsday does come around so I don’t sweat it. There’s way too many things to concern ourselves with other than worrying about who’s going to strike first. Anyhow it’s great information and thanks for video.
"GenX" was a thing 20 years ago and now it is exactly as has been happening for millenia, get it millennial? Just another generation, one that happens to have a numerical rhyme with the number of toes a human has. Congratulations however for capturing the scenario of "doomsday," within the midst of none of the rest of us experiencing it, probably something only a true millennial could do, but that said, why did you comment at all, except maybe to talk about yourself? Oh oh, to thank Alex Hollings for making the video, cool.
The odds of anyone using these weapons on any given day is very small. The odds of anyone using them over long time periods is 100%.
Great Video!
There is definitely a new cold war going on.
A Cold War is always preferable to a hot war.
During the 1945-1991 cold war, neither superpower conducted invasion and annexation of other nations. This war is not cold.
The problem now is the west has come to the conclusion that they can take Russia. How long until they make the decision that they have too?
Good point. Russia is also throwing out all of the treaties (although the US threw out a couple too). And the Russians are also actively deploying doomsday weapons that the US rejected during the cold war.
The Russians are going to extreme lengths to prove they are dangerous. And at some point it really could prove a disaster.
Anyone who thinks that the Russians are friends with the west/US is not watching what is actually going .@@jeromebarry1741
Russia: Look at our new nukes.
China: Look at our new nukes.
America: … Yo Raytheon!
Northop: Yes?
America: We need to reestablish our place at the top of the nuclear food chain.
Northop: Let me cook
Don't forget about the mineshaft gap, cfr General Turdgidson.
Excellent as always
Could you do a video about upcoming (or returning) vehicle types?
Laser trucks/tanks seem to be coming soon, the anti air cannon is back from the grave (Gepard is back, SkyRanger will come soon), drone carrier trucks or tanks will add to howitzers, artillery and mortar launchers, drone command center tanks seem plausible as well, EW/jamming trucks will probably become a lot more common, and is the future of the MBT to become a nible sub 50 ton racing tank while IFVs get up to 50 tons as well?
The B61 -13 is a thing of beauty
300t to 360kt, that is truly a one size fits most device to be sure😮
a wonderful note too, that shocked me but didn't hit headlines too hard, was the patriot missle system in ukraine stopping a kinzhal missle, meaning our standard AA system can stop the "unstopple" hypersonic nuclear deliever vehicle.
so these new- focused anti-nuke missles must be fantastic.
Hypersonic missiles are only hypersonic in high atmospheric flight, as they dive into the lower atmosphere the thicker air slows them down, otherwise the friction would burn them up.
The khinzal is not a modern hypersonic weapon. It's a ballistic missile launched from the air instead of the ground. Any ballistic missile is hypersonic in the end phase. Modern hypersonic missiles require maneuvering, which would make them near impossible to shoot down.
You have to read between the lines of Russian half truths. The unstoppable Kinzhal hypersonic missile is hypersonic because it's ballistic and it's unstoppable by Russian air defenses which they claim is the best.
I am aware it is not a "hypersonic" missle everyone. But our reality beat their rhetoric.
@@kdrapertrucker so, American hypersonic missiles are not a hypersonic 😂
Thank you Alex , your input is invaluable, to those of us who believe in peace through strength.
I know we are way ahead of our competition in technology we always have been, you don't even know what we have out there you couldn't imagine. But man that cruise missile look like it was flying pretty slow...lol.. love the show keep up the great work
It's stealth. Low and slow penetrates airspace easier and are smaller than the hypersonic missiles so you can carry more.
it's designed to fly at subsonic speeds.
ha,ha
Going supersonic generates enough heat to make you an obvious target to modern sensors. The sonic boom generated also shows up on some types of doppler radar. That's why our stealth stuff is all subsonic. It's not just about hiding from radar. They have to hide from every sensor an enemy might have active. and every major military has IR sensors these days.
You can make a missile hard to kill by stealth or by going very fast, but never both. At least, not with today's tech.
With a stealthy subsonic cruise missle you can destroy targets before the adversary can detect them. A hypersonic missle will be detected long before it hits its target, allowing for a response. Remember that the earliest of icbms were way faster than merely hypersonic (aprox mach 23). The only advantage that these modern hypersonic missles have is maneuverability, not stealth. And a cruise missle is also more maneuverable than a hypersonic missle due to it being slower. This means it is able to better evade radar and sam sites that might have a chance of detecting it. It can also fly at much lower altitudes to avoid detection.
Russian leadership and key strategic C2 facilities are buried 2-3 kilometers deep, under mountains in the Urals. Ground shock coupling at these depths is not feasible. In the late Cold War 2-3 sequential strikes, spread an hour or so apart, by W/B53 9 MT weapons, were required to take these out. Thats a major reason the Titan IIs hung around so long.
China has similar extremely deep key sites.
that’s okay we’ll just delete the mountains
Good timing on this video.
Excellent video!
I think there is something to be said for just having at least one massive 1-10 MT weapon to deploy. Russia scares a lot of people when talking about a 50-100 MT weapon, and I think there is some inherent value in having that.
But it's only propaganda value, not military value. It's more effective and more economical to drop six 300kt nukes in a big hexagon around a megacity, than to destroy it with a single huge nuke. That's why everyone stopped building big nukes once their ICBMs got accurate enough. Well, everyone except Russia, who mostly just pretend to build them for the propaganda value. A declassified Air Force presentation to Congress said six 300 kt nukes totalling 1.8 MT do as much damage to soft targets like cities as a single 20 MT nuke, and for a small fraction of the cost.
What you don't realize is that just ONE of our poseidon ICBMs can carry 14 W68 warheads.... That's a combined destruction that exceeds a single warhead of same megaton.
Russia only tested the 50-100Mt weapon, they don't have one in actual service. They never built more than the first one. The thing was the size of a shipping container and had to be carried into field by a cargo plane. It's not useable as an actual weapon as the plane would never make it to its target.
@@C0LL0SSUS Poseidon was retired long ago,and although there were 14 pads for warheads, that would be with rather limited range. More likely, it carried 10 or fewer, and made up the rest in penetration aids/countermeasures.
Trident D5 can carry up to 12 W88 (475KT) warheads, or up to 14 W76 (100kt) or W76-1 (5kt), but again, the missiles would probably not carry that many, both for range and strategic purposes. In fact, it's likely that there are 2-4 Tridents on each boat with 1 W76-1, for flexible targeting and to reduce the likelihood of escalation if it is used to get a single critical hardened target. I think some may underestimate the likelihood of escalation in that circumstance, but that's how current thinking goes.
But here’s the thing. Ruzzia doesn’t actually have that. They just say that specifically to scare people. The only 50 megaton weapon ever built was far too large to fit on any ICBM, unless you’re planning on using a Saturn V.
It would be interesting to talk about whether France and the UK would retaliate with nukes if Russia or China nukes some USA foreign bases or mainland. Also does a China attack mean article 5 can be invoked?
@@r2hildur article 6 suggests foreign hosted bases in the Pacific might not count. I guess Hawaii counts but not sure of something like Guam.
Good stuff!
The Mark Milley Hyperactive Nuke
when you fire it, it constantly broadcasts its position and targeting info to enemy anti-missile systems
I vote for keeping the 1 megaton bad boys in service. they create fear much more than the smaller yield for sure. and in this deterrence game, it's all about fear.
Duck & Cover ended in the early 80’s after the TV movie The Day After Tomorrow which showed how ineffective all the little drills they had us do. With modern weapons the lethality is exponentially more than our 40+ year old warheads. I hope we never need to use them again.🤞
You happen to know (don't ask how) that both a 40 yr old, and a 4 month old, warhead are heading towards you. Do you seriously worry more about the more recent? The old one is almost as likely to detonate as the new. You make the 'shinier and more glitzy is a better weapon!' mistake beloved of arms salesmen.
Wake up,ww3 is here now,just the beginningd...
@@davidwright8432 I think you’re missing the point about modern weapons. As stated in the video the new precision guided bombs and warheads are much more powerful by using less. Did you not pay attention to the video??🤷♂️. Or are you just looking to get into it with someone?? Not quite sure why you would unless you’re either really bored or really stupid…. I’m figuring a little of both..👍
The duck and cover technique can work if you are far enough away from the detonation that the building is only knocked over. People always seem to forget that not everybody will be in the center of the detonation radius where everything is destroyed. As for me, I live in a rural area far away from any major population centers or military installations, so I likely wouldn't be killed immediately by the nuclear blasts.
Weapons are actually far weaker than back then. What is far more vulnerable is targeted infrastructure.
The one weapon system I wish never existed. Why can’t we all just agree to get rid of all nukes? No one wins once these things start flying.
You and me both.
There doesn't seem to be a suicidal leader of a nuclear nation at the moment, so it is hopefully not likely their use will put into action due to mutually assured destruction.
I find the chemistry of these things fascinating.
I disagree about Russia’s nuclear capabilities. Everything, and I mean everything, that Russia has boasted about as being the best of its kind and has no counterpart, have all been overhyped and utter disappointments. The Bulava has had numbers failures; the Kinzhal is merely a ballistic missile whose trajectory can be calculated to intercept; the Zircon has never been shown in flight; and its bomber fleet is ancient.
China’s nuclear capabilities are much more credible; how I don’t see China threatening to use nukes like Russia has, and China hasn’t attacked another country for around 40 years, and that was against its neighbor Vietnam.
Russia’s not that stupid to test the United States. Unlikes Russia’s own nukes, the Russians know that US weapons work.
Your right that China (CCP) have not openly attacked another Country, but by corrupting POLITIANS and INDUSTRIALIST, they are achieving their goals.
You may be right, but I'm not so certain that I would ever want to put the question to the test.
@@ziggystardust4627 I agree. I just doubt that Putin has that much trust in his own forces to even start using nukes .
They still have them, and they don't need all of them to work just some .
@@AmirShafeek True, but the US has a very large supply, and they’re more likely to work. I’m just saying that I doubt Putin has that much confidence in his own nuclear forces.
Russia having missiles carrying more warheads is not necessarily a good thing for them. It means that limited amount of strategic warheads is concentrated in fewer missiles/silos, so easier to destroy
That’s the kind of thinking that we can’t afford
@@DriveLaken we definitely can. As long as amount of deployed warheads is equal, US will have an advantage
@@jimmcneal5292 That is *still* the thinking we can't afford.
@@vitopannucci2001 why?
@@jimmcneal5292 Hahahaha Amerincanski believe we follow treaty and limited out stockpile. Dos ve dania capitalist pig.
would love a breakdown on reentry vehicles mirvs and maneuvering hypersonic vehicles
$50million/year to maintain 1.2MT bombs is peanuts. Carping about maintenance expense is missing the point
I think the US is working on directed energy weapons for a next generation version of an iron dome/iron grid. They cost about 10k dollars less to fire each shot, and travel at the speed of light, which is probably the biggest reason the US never got much into the maneuverable hypersonic missile thing as those are insanely expensive. There have already been multiple tests of the success of these types of weapons on naval ships, and they are being fast tracked to be more powerful and miniaturized for use in the NGAD program and the B-21. Former President Trump also created Space Force as another military branch and I can see one of their missions would be to deploy a set of these weapons in space, which is essentially an updated Reagan initiative of Star Wars. What I think the future of weapons of mass destruction will be in the form of antimatter. The large particle colliders already produce extremely small quantities of antimatter but amounts needed for weapons is only theoretical at this phase. However, it would surprise people to know that more than a decade ago, small antimatter particles/atoms were successfully stored at Berkeley. This type of technology would be the holy grail for weapons and energy use for the conceivable future if it could be produced in enough quantities, but that is still a ways off. For that reason, this material is the most expensive material in the world coming in at over $60 trillion (yes that's right, with a T) per gram of the material. Nuclear weapons are nothing new, but the process and delivering them is rapidly advancing, and that's why I think the US is looking at next geneational technology to be able to destroy them before they are ever delivered to any target. Don't forget that the modular system discussed in this video could be outfitted with a number of these types of counter measures as well as any combination of decoys and real warheads that could be delivered to a target. All the research is out there and there is real test footage of the USS Ponce testing a laser and destroying small vessels (similar in shape and size to those ships that current pirates use). This stuff is no longer just speculation in the realm of science fiction. It just is not widespread and deployable in the energy needed, but that won't be long.
Once asteroid mining is a thing, I think the whole tungsten "rods from god" will be a thing. Its simple once you get a way to have a source of tungsten you don't need to launch from Earth. Turns out physics makes a very dense metal going very fast just as deadly as any nuclear bomb.
If you have to ask if we're in a new cold war, that means we've been in one for a long time.
13:22 that silo door flies off the rails and through a fence lmao
Really love your videos - what about the MX?
Alex, do your sources indicate any confidence that the new generation of ICBMs can be immune to space alien interference?
They haven't messed with the old delivery systems
50-60 megatons is as big as ypu can go in an atmosphere and have its blast be effective. Any bigger and the bulk of the boom is lost to space. Its pretty much the only useful bit of info we got from the tsar bomba. So while 100 megatons is easy enough to build it would do any more good than a 50 megaton weapon and the physical size would be prohibitive for deployment
Even a 50 megaton weapon is far too big to deploy.
@@bluemarlin8138 I suspect our submarine fleet would beg to differ, but I'm not too familiar with the Navy's nuclear capability.
@@bluemarlin8138 absolutely just read what the pilot who dropped the Tsar had to say. Boils down to he almost didn't make it out, the blast wave made the aircraft drop 13k feet and as soon as he got back he resigned and retired. Our tech and whatnot having advanced since the Tsar bomba was built is irrelevant, since these devices can only be made so small and once you get up into the 10 megaton plus range these things get stupid big
Here we go, let's check it out.
Thank God. The more deterrents now, the better. I live down in New Zealand, and regional stability is more important now than ever before.
This is exciting! We're going to see all kinds of cool new nuclear weapons and delivery systems. We're fortunate to see these things finally as it's been decades since we've seen any advancements in these areas.
What a time to be alive.
you mean what a time to die! If these munitions are utilized, I am putting on my ray bans, sitting on my roof with a cold one and blowing kisses to my loved ones
Russia threatened to Nuke Yellowstone with the biggest volcano in the worldis
That would have been somewhat amusing, it would kill a lot of wildlife and tourists, but it would not set off a volcanic eruption.
Most every volcanologist I have hear speak on this have posit that even the very largest weapons are no where near large enough to trigger an explosion from the volcano. Of course, they could be wrong, but even if they are, a full release from the Yellowstone caldera would probably kill everyone everywhere.
And it would destroy Russia since the U.S. would then launch a counterstrike with I.C.B.M.s, then Russia would counterstrike, china would feel left out and fire theirs too, and North Korea would probably launch at both china, s. Korea, and Japan out of pure peer pressure.
@@vicnighthorse thank you for telling me that I just subscribed to you very interesting I just kind of scared me you know cuz that is the biggest volcano in the world Joel 2 29. 31 in the book it says plumes of smoke have a great day🖖🏻
Boy I wish we had a real leader.
Agreed.Having Joe Biden as commander in chief is like dragging your senile grandpa out of a nursing home & making him president.
0:30 -- "first new ICBM since the 70s"
The MX (LGM-118 Peacekeeper) was in service from 1985 to 2005. The Minuteman III was first deployed in 1970; I assume you meant that.
The Peacekeeper was developed in the 70s.
LET'S GO BRANDON
Overused copy paste.
dark Brandon rising
@@JSFGuyFJB
@@Eddie_Munster Right, copy paste
@@JSFGuydid you copy and paste that?
We’ll, that was depressing.
Happy holidays! 🎄
I'm so relieved!
The recent launch was a really a test of our interception options
How vulnerable are these new nuclear delivery systems to EMP offense/defense attacks?
That would be great if it wasn't for our completely unprotected power grid.
Thanks!
The older weapons will still deter a nuclear war, but they are at an end of service. For reliability, they must be replaced or completely updated with solid rocket motors and propulsion systems.
Perfect Alex
love your channel bro sendit😎🤙🏼
All of these hypersonic nukes are all vulnerable in their terminal phase. They can't do even Mach 5 in the lower atmosphere.
Intro beat hard AF. W to the producer.
Gotta bang outta your report!
Makes this old 46350's heart all warm and fuzzy.