The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About

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At the height of the Cold War, a terrifying concept emerged: a bomb so powerful it wouldn’t need to be dropped. Known as Project Sundial, this doomsday device would have left a 400-km radius in flames and plunged the world into darkness. It was a bomb that would destroy everything – not a weapon, but an apocalypse. How close did we come to pressing the button?

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0:00 Start
0:42 Everything is Different Forever
3:24 But What if We Destroy Humanity Even Harder?
5:40 The Final Bomb
8:33 Good News! Wait no, Bad News!
10:41 KiwiCo Sponsorship
12:21 kurzgesagt Shop

[kurzgesagt]

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[roz]

Whoever did the sound design for this episode did an outstanding job

[theshinyskuntank]

7:00 “A number so big, it doesn’t mean anything anymore.”

That gave me chills.

[jankowalsk]

8:50 - if THE US military responds to your idea with "that's too much bro" then you know you went a little too far.

[elitemook]

'Even the US military thought this was a bit much' - Now that's a phrase to send a chill down your spine

[isacsatoshi]

7:45 Dude, I absolutely LOVE the sound design on this part.

[commpisto]

Oppenheimer: *lives the entire rest of his life after Hiroshima in immense guilt and feelings of hopelessness from the fact that he just gave humanity the capacity to annihilate itself*

Meanwhile Teller:

[devpartap]

the way he says "if a bomb can destroy the whole world, why even bother moving it?" had me rolling.

[samutamus]

Teller: Kaboom?
Government: Yes Edward, Kaboom.

[drspandanroy]

I never thought I would hear "Nuclear Matrioska Doll", but now that I have heard it, I don't think I can ever forget it.

[ladywithasword]

I appreciate that this is presented with compassion for the people caught up in the terror of the Cold War.

[Benatyc]

I love the psychology behind Teller's idea. Its like: "Yall want war fine I'll give you war." He gave the "great leaders" the power that even they were scared of. Wich is pretty rare when we look at politicians. Its like giving them a gun to a boxing mach. Of course they wont use it cuz that would be unfair and scary. I can't really explain it, but this is what came to my mind.

[RootKurbani]

Edward Teller was the embodiment of the Great Filter

[Mlikaw]

5:35 I LOVE this sound effect, it's so ominous

[ThePastSpirits]

3:20
"One man knew how to make nightmares real." Is a surprisingly cold line.

[Anonymaus]

What Oppenheimer thought in horror, Teller seemed to think a boast.

*"Now I am become Death. The Destroyer of Worlds."*

[honkerbonker]

3:20 "But what if we destroy humanity even harder ? " - ah, classic Kurzgesagt, always delivering these wonderful lines <3

[Deadbeatcow]

Oppenheimer: *wracked with grief over unleashing Pandora's box*

Meanwhile Teller: "MORE MORE MORE"

[gosalie]

So basically, it's a "I'll flip the table if you kill my pawn" kind of deterrent

[broomy]

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