What Does Nuclear Deterrence Look Like? | Bob Peters

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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A critical component of America’s national defense is nuclear weaponry. However, whether the American arsenal is up to the task of deterring global forces like China, Russia, and Iran is a topic of debate. What should America do to ensure peace through strength? Heritage Research Fellow for Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense Bob Peters explains.

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0:00.0	Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.
0:06.9	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:11.5	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:14.6	Ask not.
0:15.5	To remind the current regime.
0:17.7	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
0:22.4	All, all,
0:24.1	actually to get back in their box and stay there.
0:28.2	Lift-off.
0:29.1	We have a look-down.
0:32.0	From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:46.3	Thank you. Foundation, this is Heritage Explains. On August 6, 1945, the first ever atomic bomb was dropped by the United States on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
0:56.5	It unleashed devastation with the force of over 15,000 tons of TNT, leveling 70% of the
1:04.2	buildings in the city. It's estimated that 140,000 people were killed by the bomb and its effects
1:10.7	by the end of 1945.
1:13.6	The initial flash of the explosion was so bright it caused spontaneous burns.
1:19.6	While practically instantaneous, the lethal and disfiguring light of that weapon,
1:24.6	along with its sister device, dropped on Nagasaki three days later,
1:29.0	has cast a long and unforgiving shadow through history until the present day.
1:34.6	With adversaries such as China, Russia, and Iran on the horizon, the nuclear anxieties
1:40.2	of the Cold War have returned. And once more, to maintain peace in the world, we must
1:45.6	grapple with the existence and fearsome power of nuclear weaponry. Our voice on this week's
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