Bill Perry's South Asia Nuclear Nightmare

What would happen if two nuclear-armed nations mistakenly believed they were under a nuclear attack?

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry describes his nuclear nightmare of an accidental nuclear war between India and Pakistan in this scenario developed by leading nuclear and military experts.

[EdutoSempai]

The Algorithm showing me this, like this morning, must mean it’s obviously sentient, and has a amazing sense of humor.

[viperstream]

Who’s here after India started the war with Pakistan in 2025?

[teduardo]

Thank you Mr. Perry for your videos. I was raised with nightmares of “The Day After”... and I don’t relish them. But each generation needs to be shocked into understanding the dangers of nuclear weapons

[bcavara]

Thank you Mr. Perry. You are a treasure of knowledge, wisdom and compassion to the world.

[allysloper]

There is a serious flaw in this scenario, hitting a nuclear bomb with a conventional bomb would not set it off.
To Detonate a nuclear bomb a number of very precisely timed explosions are required in a specific order. In general, the more precise the timing, the more effective the explosion will be and the more you can obtain from the critical mass before it begins to disrupt itself. Timing to this degree of precision is one of the hardest problems to solve in designing a bomb.

If the explosives on a nuclear warhead are detonated by another explosion, they will not be in the correct sequence. The most you are likely to see is a trivial blast which will be completely hidden by the incoming bomb. The incremental effect will be negligible.

[BHill-rztg]

Interesting after India and Pakistan this morning.

[qfytidw]

Objection!

It seems a bit implausible that 'the intense bombardment causes one of the warheads to detonate'.

[badnewswade]

Well that was cheerful! Got any more for us, Doc?

[nuclearbriefcase]

INDIA NUCLEAR POLICY HAS ISSUE
1. India will always follow " no first use policy"
2.INDIA will never under no condition use nuclear weapons on non nuclear state
3.If any kind of biological, chemical weapons are use on India even by non nuclear state, India will use nuclear weapons

[magw]

Why would a nuke go full yield from a conventional weapon strike? Does Pakistan have bomb designs that are that crazy?

[farooqsheikh]

May God save us all from such horrible scenario🙏

[svn]

3:08 that is impossible it would just let out radiation it wouldn’t make the nuke detonate

[Gundamjock]

This could happen we must stand against nuke war

[mr.factoid]

correction a conventional bomb is unlikely to start a nuclear detonation. more likely that it would spread radioactive material over the surrounding area by way of the conventional detonation and the resulting fire.

otherwise good vid

[LegacyoftheGunners]

Isn’t water in China already contaminated?

[tylerb]

lol why would they ever try to explode a vehicle carrying a nuke

[manoj]

Who denoted first nuclear bomb?
USA
Who is creating unstablity in middle East for oil?
USA
Who has nuclear weapons deployment around the world ?
USA
Who is always trying attempt coup in other countries?
USA
WHO placed a dictator in Iran by throwing democratically elected govt?
USA
Which countries weapons are used in Yemen to schools and hospitals?
USA
India has no first use policy and India works for betterment of human society .

[devtech]

Wonder if I could get some customer service that both speaks and understands English well after this? Probably not..

[howtoapply]

Buhahahahahah What the fuck man.... You must be a writer of Road Runner cartoons...

[kaustubhkalamkar]

This is what happens when Pakistan is allowed to have nuclear weapons