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

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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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/annie-jacobsen-transcript



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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:37) - Nuclear war

(12:21) - Launch procedure

(18:00) - Deterrence

(21:34) - Tactical nukes

(30:59) - Nuclear submarines

(33:59) - Nuclear missiles

(41:10) - Nuclear football

(50:17) - Missile interceptor system

(54:34) - North Korea

(1:01:10) - Nuclear war scenarios

(1:10:02) - Warmongers

(1:14:31) - President's cognitive ability

(1:20:43) - Refusing orders

(1:28:41) - Russia and Putin

(1:33:48) - Cyberattack

(1:35:09) - Ground zero of nuclear war

(1:39:48) - Surviving nuclear war

(1:44:06) - Nuclear winter

(1:54:29) - Alien civilizations

(2:00:04) - Extrasensory perception

(2:13:50) - Area 51

(2:17:48) - UFOs and aliens

(2:28:15) - Roswell incident

(2:34:55) - CIA assassinations

(2:53:47) - Navalny

(2:56:12) - KGB

(3:02:48) - Hitler and the atomic bomb

(3:06:52) - War and human nature

(3:10:17) - Hope