Small nukes

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🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Vladimir Putin keeps threatening to use smaller nuclear weapons to win his war. Author J. Peter Scoblic says “there’s no such thing as small nukes.” This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sir!
0:01.0	I have a plan!
0:07.0	Vladimir Putin wants the world to think he'll use nuclear weapons in his war with Ukraine.
0:15.0	He keeps saying he'll do it and he keeps saying he's not bluffing at the Nimblyan.
0:20.1	I am not bluffing.
0:21.8	Coming up on today's explain, we're going to try and figure out a number of things, including
0:26.5	why he's making this threat now.
0:28.4	I mean, he's been trying to steal back chunks of Ukraine for almost like a decade now.
0:33.3	What kinds of weapons he's talking about using here, specifically what are small nukes?
0:38.2	Anyway, what the world might look like if he really does go through with this madness
0:42.9	and why even if he is bluffing, this is perhaps a very sound strategy for him.
0:49.0	I am not bluffing.
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