Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy | Lex Fridman Podcast #420

Annie Jacobsen is an investigative journalist and author of “Nuclear War: A Scenario” and many other books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:13 – Nuclear war
6:57 – Launch procedure
12:36 – Deterrence
16:09 – Tactical nukes
25:35 – Nuclear submarines
28:35 – Nuclear missiles
35:46 – Nuclear football
44:53 – Missile interceptor system
49:10 – North Korea
55:46 – Nuclear war scenarios
1:04:38 – Warmongers
1:09:06 – President’s cognitive ability
1:15:19 – Refusing orders
1:23:17 – Russia and Putin
1:28:23 – Cyberattack
1:29:45 – Ground zero of nuclear war
1:34:24 – Surviving nuclear war
1:38:42 – Nuclear winter
1:49:05 – Alien civilizations
1:54:40 – Extrasensory perception
2:08:25 – Area 51
2:12:23 – UFOs and aliens
2:22:51 – Roswell incident
2:29:30 – CIA assassinations
2:48:23 – Navalny
2:50:48 – KGB
2:57:24 – Hitler and the atomic bomb
3:01:27 – War and human nature
3:04:53 – Hope

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