Annie Jacobsen joins the podcast to lay out a second by second timeline for how nuclear war could happen. We also discuss time pressure, submarines, interceptor missiles, cyberattacks, and concentration of power. You can find more on Annie's work at https://anniejacobsen.com

Timestamps:

00:00 A scenario of nuclear war

06:56 Who would launch an attack?

13:50 Detecting nuclear attacks

19:37 The first critical seconds

29:42 Decisions under time pressure

34:27 Lessons from insiders

44:18 Submarines

51:06 How did we end up like this?

59:40 Interceptor missiles

1:11:25 Nuclear weapons and cyberattacks

1:17:35 Concentration of power