Charlie Glaser joins the pod to discuss the connection between damage limitation and extended deterrence, what "meaningful" DL may mean, and the relative importance of DL compared to other objectives.
One last video that I meant to post to the Dyn-O-Mite! discussion, but I think it can work here as well. While Bigelow's aim may have been to spur discussion on nuclear weapon topics, and it has at all the usual suspects think tanks and podcasts, it seems that the movie's writer Noah Oppenheim has been the most visible. This post-"Day After" discussion with Kissinger, McNamara, Scowcroft, and Carl Sagan (of nuclear winter fame) was definitely on a level I haven't seen yet with "A House of Dynamite:"
Since civil defense as damage limitation during the Cold War, including in the Soviet sphere, came up in this episode, I just wanted to share an old PBS Nova from 1978 that I recently came across (that YouTube algorithm gets me...) on the subject, "In the Event of Catastrophe." It includes some great interviews with folks on both sides of the feasibility argument, and some discussion of what was known about Soviet efforts at the time.
This has been a great discussion. I'm not sure if this question falls under the larger rubric, but what do you think the chances are of a limited nuclear conflict? Or even the use of just one "tactical" weapon, for example in Ukraine or Taiwan-related? Is this a reasonable scenario to consider, or are the chances of escalation beyond that point too great?
One last video that I meant to post to the Dyn-O-Mite! discussion, but I think it can work here as well. While Bigelow's aim may have been to spur discussion on nuclear weapon topics, and it has at all the usual suspects think tanks and podcasts, it seems that the movie's writer Noah Oppenheim has been the most visible. This post-"Day After" discussion with Kissinger, McNamara, Scowcroft, and Carl Sagan (of nuclear winter fame) was definitely on a level I haven't seen yet with "A House of Dynamite:"
https://youtu.be/4RLVRfwhO8E?si=qoFUMQLUFR0XKBhw
Since civil defense as damage limitation during the Cold War, including in the Soviet sphere, came up in this episode, I just wanted to share an old PBS Nova from 1978 that I recently came across (that YouTube algorithm gets me...) on the subject, "In the Event of Catastrophe." It includes some great interviews with folks on both sides of the feasibility argument, and some discussion of what was known about Soviet efforts at the time.
https://youtu.be/j64mtjMTfIE?si=WQp3r4wWSTrGIxDY
This has been a great discussion. I'm not sure if this question falls under the larger rubric, but what do you think the chances are of a limited nuclear conflict? Or even the use of just one "tactical" weapon, for example in Ukraine or Taiwan-related? Is this a reasonable scenario to consider, or are the chances of escalation beyond that point too great?