S8 Ep357: 3:26 PMPREVIEW FOR LATER TODAY: GIANT NON-NUCLEAR ICBM TO DESTROY BUNKERS Guest: Henry Sokolski Sokolski discusses development of a massive conventional ICBM designed to penetrate and destroy hardened underground bunkers without nuclear warheads. Discussi

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PREVIEW FOR LATER TODAY: GIANT NON-NUCLEAR ICBM TO DESTROY BUNKERS Guest: Henry Sokolski Sokolski discusses development of a massive conventional ICBM designed to penetrate and destroy hardened underground bunkers without nuclear warheads. Discussion examines the strategic rationale for this weapon, its potential use against buried Iranian or North Korean facilities, technical challenges of achieving sufficient kinetic energy, and arms control implications.
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0:00.0	This is John Batchel, colleague Henry Sikovsky, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center,
0:06.2	reporting on South Korea's answer to North Korean nuclear weapon threats.
0:11.2	A giant missile without a nuclear warhead, an eight-ton warhead.
0:15.4	What can it do?
0:16.8	Dig a hole 100 meters deep is the claim.
0:20.3	What's down 100 meters?
0:22.4	A command bunker.
0:24.4	Henry explains.
0:25.5	More of this tonight.
0:27.7	Homnu 5.
0:29.8	South Korea's answer to nuclear intimidation by North Korea is we will find out where you are commanding and controlling
0:40.0	your military and we will dig you out with this missile.
0:44.8	And it's a monster.
0:46.4	It has an eight or so ton conventional warhead.
0:52.2	And given the speed that it flies at, you put the two together,
0:56.5	you get a big hole.

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