3 Times the World Almost Ended

[@iammrbeat]

Edit: A really important point I should have brought up- the reason why Khrushchev sent nuclear missiles to Cuba was because the United States had nuclear missiles in Turkey near the Soviet border. This is context I should have brought up. I was trying to simplify the Cuban Missile Crisis, and I simplified it a bit too much. How likely is it that nuclear war will happen in our lifetimes? Please consider supporting my sponsor. Remember, supporting my sponsor is a great way to support my channel. 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at JoinDeleteMe.com/mrbeat and use code MRBEAT for 20% off US consumer plans 🙌

[@abrahamlincoln937]

We should elect leaders who will focus on ending the ongoing wars overseas and preventing wars from happening in the first place.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

It won't happen in any democratic or first world nation. It'll only happen in a far right dictatorship and even then it's slim. Most leaders don't have the guts.

[@PoopyPants-ho8so]

@@abrahamlincoln937 my dad said it would happen in 80 years

[@PoopyPants-ho8so]

I think it would happen in 34 years

[@PoopyPants-ho8so]

My dad said it would probably happen I'm 80 or 90 years

[@nebulan]

Sometimes, the hero is the one making the decision to NOT do something.

[@iammrbeat]

*sometimes absolutely

[@wyattlewis4069]

Honestly, when it comes to nuclear warfare like this, the decision to not do something even if the reports were correct is still the right decision. It's not as if by retaliating you are saving any lives, just ending so many more.

[@nebulan]

@@wyattlewis4069 depressingly true

[@samuelbarber6177]

To quote WarGames: “The only winning move is not to play.”

[@Texasjim2007]

@@wyattlewis4069 By not retaliating against somebody making a nuclear attack on you the only lives you would logically be saving would be your murderers leaving them alive to make a nuclear attack on somebody else. As an American soldier that makes no sense to me. If I'm going to die either way I want to take my murderers with me and think anybody disagreeing is an idiot encouraging foreign aggressors to have delusions about being able to survive making a nuclear first strike on America which they should never entertain.

[@alonkatz4633]

It's weird how the US and Russia/USSR almost ended the world so many times

[@deyoungyoung3059]

Yeah

[@iammrbeat]

I noticed that, too...

[@ThunderHOWL16]

really makes you think about the term “super power”…

[@abrahamlincoln937]

It also makes sense why the 1990s were the decade where the Doomsday Clock was at its lowest because the Cold War ended in 1991, and then the War on Terror began in 2001.

[@alonkatz4633]

@@ThunderHOWL16 Uncle Ben's words come to mind

[@reidye]

No mention of when my Roblox account was hacked? Weird.

[@iammrbeat]

It's a conspiracy!

[@reidye]

@@iammrbeat I await your 30+ minute video on the subject with baited breath

[@HCSpearo]

@@iammrbeatMine too man this is ridiculous

[@officialAmpersand]

Thats what you want us to think. For all we know, the “hackers of your Roblox account” could’ve been goons set up by you to stage a hacking.

[@reidye]

@@officialAmpersand I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. But you better stop digging around. There’s things at play here beyond your comprehension. Just let it go.

[@anxietystrings7484]

You had me so interested in the history of nukes and the doomsday clock that I completely forgot that you were also going to tell me about 3 times the world almost ended.

[@iammrbeat]

lol yeah I had quite a long introduction there. I'm so glad you stuck around to watch!

[@cynthiasimpson931]

The thing is, I'm 65 years old, and if I stayed awake worrying about everything that could kill me, I'd never sleep again. In fact, I could walk outside right now and be hit by a meteorite - I told my husband that if that ever happens to me, he can sell it, and use part of the money to fund a scholarship for women to study astronomy. He said he'd tell the people at my memorial service, "She always said that was the way she wanted to go." So, I just look both ways before crossing the street and I follow traffic laws and watch other drivers, and I don't worry about it.

[@Angelo.Villaschi]

Worrying about it won't solve anything, but neither will burying our heads in the sand. How can we move our societies towards a state where the risk is lower?

[@iammrbeat]

This is a great perspective. You are wise.

[@rdormer]

What a lovely way to avoid holding your government accountable for their actions.

[@conejeitor]

yeah, but one thing is not worrying about the thing that can kill you. A very different one is not worrying about the things that can exint us all. Having enough capacity to extinguish all life on Earth, that´s pretty serious, and it should gide, i.e., your voting prefferences, your buying options.

[@Texasjim2007]

@@conejeitor The thing is we honestly don't know how to avoid human extinction which without some miraculous new technological breakthroughs is as logically inevitable as death by old age. I have profound skepticism that human survival depends on our voting preferences or buying options which sounds like a con artist selling a magic potion that for all we know could just as easily be a poison or a placebo instead of the promised panacea.

[@saad_ghannam]

It's insane that most of us probably owe our existence to Vasily Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov, yet almost nobody has any awareness of them and their heroic actions.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

The west is pathologically incapable of recognizing a communist as a global hero.

[@coolboyalexander7789]

"A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT." - President Harry Truman, 8/6/1945

[@iammrbeat]

What a quote

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

I may be wrong, but I think Germany was thinking of building one, so if they did it first, we'd be f*cked. Sadly, the Hiroshima (if that is true) was a sacrifice taken to keep the Earth afloat.

[@ComplexityUnleashed]

I mean, Britain maybe, but how would German bombers ever hope to get here to the US?

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

@@ComplexityUnleashed Not the US only. Germany would have used them as threats AND as attacks to ither countries, and it would have been a nuclear war.

[@aurus4432]

@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 yeah, luckily they didn’t have any meaningful progress as much of their war effort by 1940 was put towards preparing for the Soviet invasion, resource problems starting to pop up, and the Battle of Britain

[@Kieranpokemonsisliterallyme]

I know a story from someone my family knew that was alive during the cuban missile crisis as a schoolboy. He was asked where his homework was in October 1962. He replied, "I haven't done it." when asked why, he said "because the world is going to end in a week's time anyway." I can only imagine his huge relief yet slight annoyance when the world didn't end.

[@ECHSJMT]

Hi, Mr Beat. I had a video idea. How Presidents have decorated the Oval Office (and its predecessors) and how YOU would decorate it.

[@iammrbeat]

This is a brilliant suggestion.

[@MomentsInTrading]

I’ll add that the White House was not decorated well before Mary Todd Lincoln. It supposedly had old worn mismatched furniture and was considered more of a place of work rather than a fancy place.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

Great idea. How did each president customize the White House to their liking?

[@joshuaxenoblade-3945]

Enamel pins of each state flag and something to do with that state.

[@rowangamertv4348]

@@iammrbeat do it!!!!!

[@dacrohnswarrior]

The September 1983 is the scariest one. A technological error almost starting a nuclear war can be very likely today.

[@Chilicoach]

Actually quite the opposite.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

You're referring to Able Archer in. 83.

[@demiller74]

In regards to your START joke, as Homer Simpson once said, ‘NERD!’

[@iammrbeat]

lol

[@NotMeNaNaNa]

Speaking of The Simpsons I was expecting a reference to the “the goggles, they do nothing” when he referenced the school drills where kids got under desks in the event of a nuclear attack, because, well, reasons I guess 😂

[@demiller74]

@@NotMeNaNaNa but, duck and cover might work if there was just one bomb, and that bomb wasn't too big.

[@styraxopoponax8294]

I feel like no one under age 40 remembers this very real fear; good for them . I sure did. I hope younger people realize how serious this threat was/is.

[@kierashan1580]

you say this as if young ppl arent constantly exposed to all the horrible things going on in the world. 40 years ago you heard about these things on the news or in the paper now you see it sandwiched between a video of celebrities fighting at award shows and a woman telling you that you need to buy a cool new makeup product. young ppl grew up with images of 9/11 shoved in their face it’s apart of our culture to be terrified. why do u think we’re so miserable and “difficult to work with” imagine going to work at 15-25 after watching a video trying to educate yourself a little bit more on how terrifying the world is then seeing a comment telling them that their lucky cuz they don’t remember how scary things were. you wouldnt really feel motivated to show respect or to do anything at all would you? did you experience this? being constantly, every second, in schools on tv in books at the dinner table and on your phone, told how horrible the world is while also being told you don’t understand? every generation has its unique fears and issues but to say “good for them” towards a younger generation whose just starting adult hood under a video that literally says the dooms day clock is a 90 secs is crazy.

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

Pre-1990 US and USSR were a war-mongering mess... OK, they are still a mess, but not world ending anymore. Hopefully.

[@commentpolice4694]

The concept of “mutually assured destruction” pretty much assured nothing would happen and still does

[@letitiajeavons6333]

I'm 40 and I barely remember. I was 5 when the Berlin Wall came down.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

We live in an era where you can literally livestream or Tik Tok a War, Let that sink in

[@iammrbeat]

And that's how we know what's really happening in Gaza.

[@ThunderHOWL16]

@@iammrbeatMr Based 💯🙏🏻

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@@iammrbeat true

[@deanlovesstuff]

@@iammrbeat Hey Mr Beat

[@deanlovesstuff]

@@iammrbeatAnd how did you edit you background

[@ninjawarrior8994]

Here's the closest we've been to Nuclear War post-Cold War: 12th June 1999: On the same day the Kumanovo Agreement ended the Kosovo War, Russian troops were being stationed in Prishtina Airport. Commander Wesley Clark ordered a peacekeeping force to take over the Russians. General Mike Jackson (not Michael Jackson) replied "We are not gonna start WW3 for you". James Blunt, (yes, the one who sung "You're Beautiful") was in that unit and he would've refused to obey an order had Jackson not blocked it.

[@ortherner]

micheal jackson

[@iammrbeat]

Ok I remember reading about this a long time ago but then forgot about it. This definitely deserves to be a separate video.

[@akonisho]

@@ortherner what

[@ortherner]

@@akonisho michael jackson

[@Lgz009]

General Jackson’s doing it for the children

[@Biga101011]

2 fun facts about the Tzar Bomba. 1: The bomb was intended to be about twice as powerful, but an enriched additional stage was removed and replaced with lead. 2: Due to that it was by far the cleanest (least fallout) nuclear weapon ever detonated. It was able to use a great percentage of the fissile material and didn't create as much secondary radioactive products.

[@thecraigster8888]

The reason the Russian scientists decided to dial back the output from 100 megatons to around 50 megatons was that they became fearful of the long term effects the explosion would have on the Earth’s environment. They also knew that the chances that the crew of the aircraft that dropped the bomb would survive would be zero. When they lowered the bomb’s output, they gave the bomber crew a 50% chance of survival, which they luckily did.

[@bobbywise2313]

​@@thecraigster8888With the large parachute it was estimated they would be 45 miles away when detonation occured. I don't know what the altitude was at detonation but the plane definitely got hit hard by the shock wave. It dropped several thousand feet when it got hit. Fortunately the plane and pilots recovered from this. But that had to be terrifying.

[@4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

Thank you Mr. Arkhipov 🙏

[@haydenbertolini6481]

The movie Wargames came out just a few months before the Petrov incident. The plot of the film is eerie similar to the incident as well

[@iammrbeat]

I seriously almost mentioned this in the video!

[@lightyagami3492]

​@@iammrbeatI was waiting for the war games reference. This was still a good video but i was disappointed that one of my favorite films wasn't mentioned alongside this topic.

[@shane7776777]

Mr Beat nerdy dry humor always cracks me up

[@iammrbeat]

I am relieved to hear I'm not the only one who gets my sense of humor. :)

[@arlonfoster9997]

I like his sense of humor and entertaining aspects when he’s talking about history or in this case how close it came to the world to end many times. Like your sense of humor keep up the great work. 👍

[@MrTruehoustonian]

It's almost British

[@Permabull_Moonman]

Lucky, my cracks never dry from Mr. Beats humor

[@friezzerwilhelm]

@@MrTruehoustonianfr

[@imWillJ]

" honey wake up , the world is about to almost end again for the 100th time. "

[@iammrbeat]

Are we that numb to it? I blame corporate news.

[@gwenpolo1307]

Thanks for the existential dread Mr. Beat you're a great educator 😊

[@mabontitherington385]

Really cool video. If anyone wants to learn more about the last almost apocalypse mentioned there, it was an exercise called Able Archer, and there is a tv show about it called ‘Deutschland 83’

[@This-handle-isnt-available123]

I feel like there needs to be SO MUCH MORE protest against nuclear weapons

[@iammrbeat]

There have been people protesting nuclear weapons in front of the White House almost every single day since the 1970s. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/1/peace-activists-anti-nuclear-protest-outside-white-house-lasted-for-record-34-ye-764133

[@mism847]

No way you posted a link without the comment getting shadowbanned

[@mikeoxlong3676]

Putin is no longer dismantling nukes. Protests won't do anything.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

Great video, Mr. Beat. It’s up to our politicians and leaders to ensure that the world doesn’t even come close to ending, whether it’s nuclear war or not. The best thing that the United States can do right now in terms of foreign policy is ending the ongoing wars overseas and focusing on maintaining peaceful relations with Russia and China and to avoid wars when necessary.

[@iammrbeat]

Well put there, Lincoln.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

Thank you! Hopefully you can reach 1 million subscribers within the next few months!

[@lightyagami3492]

​@@abrahamlincoln937I agree completely. No you aren't gonna be able to stop every conflict from occurring but i think as part of the world community we should do our part to deter wars from starting in the first place.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

@@lightyagami3492 Absolutely.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

The US isn't at war right now. Maintaining peaceful relations with Russia is also dependent on the Russians. If you're suggesting that the US and NATO just capitulate to Putin's demands then all you're doing is attempting to appease a tyrant such as Clement Atlee tried to do with Hitler which failed miserably. A hard line must be kept up with Putin. China is a different story altogether. Both nation's need to understand that war between the two nation's has zero upside for both countries and the rest of the world. Both nation's need strenuous diplomacy to make sure things never spiral into a full fledged shooting war which is extremely dangerous for the entire world.

[@MyUsualComment]

"Feeling kind of stressed, what should I watch?" *Sees video* "Perfect!"

[@iammrbeat]

lol yeah sorry about that

[@HorsesOnYT]

mr beat i love you -michael

[@iammrbeat]

Holy crap, I love your stuff. It's quite unique and deep. It's so random to find out you watch my stuff as well!

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

It's amazing how we can look back at past wars, We could still so easily be right back in another

[@iammrbeat]

Every day is a gift.

[@cainejohnson4611]

New Mr.Beat 😩😩 RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

[@iammrbeat]

RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

[@alexthybalex]

hi mrbeast do u think i could have a billion dollars

[@kevinaguilar7541]

Bro this is mr. beat.

[@iammrbeat]

Sure

[@dumbautisticmutt]

No one should have that much money tbh.

[@alexthybalex]

@@iammrbeat thank u

[@alexthybalex]

@@kevinaguilar7541 ik it’s a joke

[@chrisberry7640]

A little nitpick that my old high school history teacher also got wrong: duck and cover actually WOULD help if a nuke got dropped. Obviously if a bomb was dropped right on top of the school then you'd be screwed, but if it was dropped over a mile away then it would protect you against immediate thermal radiation of the blast. I don't have the source off hand but I remember reading about a group of police officers in Nagasaki being taught to duck and cover after the Hiroshima bombs, and apparently a lot of them survived when the second bomb dropped because of what they learned

[@Scott-hu3np]

Another thing is that it would somewhat protect the children from falling debris if the structure of the building collapsed because of the blast

[@carlireland5049]

Duck and cover became less effective as the Soviet Union began deploying thermonuclear weapons which could destroy entire cities. It would not have helped against, say, the Tsar Bomba unless you lived relatively far from the target. That’s part of the reason why they stopped doing those drills.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

@@chrisberry7640 Duck and Cover would be completely useless against the power of a hydrogen bomb.

[@nicholaslogan6840]

I seriously love when you upload the answer to my homework as a video, dude. It's an experience that can't be BEAT

[@GavinWilkins-kg2yu]

8:30 the intro finishes wouldn’t expect anything less from the great mrbeat

[@spencerfrancis7730]

I’m gonna stick up for hiding under your desk here. While it won’t stop the shockwave or protect you if you are directly under the bomb, the main point is that having anything between you and the radiation greatly reduces your exposure and risk of radiation poisoning or other complications

[@iammrbeat]

Yeah I know. I was trying to be funny.

[@lostmediadetective2590]

1:06 funny story the doomsday clock is also the title of a 12- issue miniseries that began in 2017 and ended 2019

[@brandenmanuel2037]

I love the Terminator and Fallout But some science fiction should REMAIN just Science Fiction

[@iammrbeat]

Agreed

[@natedawg912]

As horrible as a nuclear war would be, none of the weapons in any country’s arsenal is even close to the strength of tsar bomba. The nukes we have now are still terrifyingly powerful but anything above a couple megatons are considered too impractical to actually use

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

They weren't meant to be used. Just to scare.

[@FelipeSalesGuitar]

I think that the goal behind teaching kids to hide under the desks is so they can avoid glass shards and debris when the shockwave eventually hits the windows

[@MikeyBAmazing]

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it." K to J MIB.. So true..

[@Ralphbros24]

0:03 I’ve been drilling in holes into tables to install bolts in exploring tech

[@iammrbeat]

Sounds like a party!

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, as usual, Mr. Beat

[@iammrbeat]

I appreciate that!

[@tuckersclip791]

Ahh, the fear of death, what a great way to start off the month.

[@austinchase2]

When Stanislav Petrov was praised in his later years, he said that he did what anyone would do in that situation. That gives me a lot of faith in humanity.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

By these estimates, Tsar Bomba over LA blows out windows in San Francisco, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, and half of the Baja peninsula. That’s absolutely horrifying, and the technology is 63 years old. Could be worse though, the asteroid that (likely) wiped out the dinosaurs was equivalent to 2m Tsar Bomba’s.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

And to be fair, ducking under your desk in each of the geographies described would absolutely protect you from glass shards and other projectiles. So, suck it Beat.

[@thebossbaby7402]

It’s weird that people don’t usually mention the animals that died in nuclear tests. Because on top of causing humans problems, there’s a lot of death even in tests. So much suffering that we wouldn’t even know about.

[@letitiajeavons6333]

A bunch of New Mexican farmers and ranchers lost livestock like sheep and cows from the Trinity Test.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

You're assuming that people have knowledge of such things. They don't.

[@NiaLANos]

The fourth time will be when Mr. Beat stops uploading

[@johnmichel4865]

Underrated comment

[@ryancoulter4797]

My grandparents had a paperback about protecting yourself from an atomic bomb. High on the list was to shade your eyes by lowering the brim of your fedora.

[@MicaiahBaron]

Surprised to hear no mention of the plane carrying a nuclear bomb that broke up over the Carolinas and had most of its safety measures fail.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

Arkhipov is such a forgotten hero. Not only did he not get a Nobel prize, he was treated as a pariah upon his return to the Soviet Union.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

The rest of the world didn't know about him till the collapse of the Soviet Union. Additionally, he didn't end the Cold War. He prevented a hot war... really hot....but he didn't end the struggle.

[@arthurbernardo5321]

Mr beat, I love your videos, they are very well done and the content is really interesting and informative. A hug from Brazil!!

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you so much buddy

[@skatebush]

Mr. Beat saying nuclear fusion just made my king gizzard brain happy

[@joeharris3878]

During the Cuban missile crisis , we had drill at school : the kids went into the halls and sat on the floor with backs to the walls . We lived in Huntsville, Ala. , the home of the Army Missile Command .

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Redstone Arsenal.

[@joeharris3878]

@@ericsierra-franco7802 That's right . The Army Missile Command was headquartered on Redstone Arsenal .

[@owenklein1917]

In 8th grade, I watched the day after and it scared the crap out of me. This would’ve been in 2019. Crazy that a single movie had such a huge impact on the whole world.

[@thecrxguy420]

- watches a youtube short from mr beat - clicks on channel - "why does the latest video only have 1.4k views?" - uploaded 16 minutes ago

[@iammrbeat]

I'll take every view I can get.

[@WilburJackson-dl2mi]

I would love you as a teacher. You're super chill and dorky (in a good way).

[@doilyhead]

Re the Cuban Missile Crisis, you left this part out as to what really precipitated it: "...when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba" (Wikipedia)

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

The Bay of Pigs is what precipated it.

[@kbrock9146]

Im old enough to remember needing black blinds to use at night so no light would attract plane attacks, and hiding under your class desk to save yourself from a nuclear attack. Which made no sense as Mr. Beat so eliquently put it.

[@MomentsInTrading]

Three times the world almost ended; one of those times was when Mr Beat made videos about Prager U. 😂😂😂

[@iammrbeat]

lol

[@MrPsychochickens]

Hey Mr Beat, I'm not sure if you've done a video specifically on the atomic bombings of Japan but I think a video on it and the opposing views on whether it actually achieved a surrender or if it only served to kill hundreds of thousands of innocents could be a informative video.

[@Nico_M.]

7:00 at least the under-of-the-desks weren't segregated.

[@chrisscanlan1533]

Given the back and forth of the last few months, it would be cool to see a video on government shutdowns. What they actually are, their history, etc.

[@iammrbeat]

Ya know, I've been meaning to do this for a very long time now.

[@3p1Kf41L]

You and Cody releasing videos with similar topics

[@iammrbeat]

Total coincidence

[@Youuu-nt4rh]

l just realize that lol

[@thespiceman9367]

One thing to note- the US agreement to remove the missiles from Turkey was initially kept secret, while the USSR withdrawl of nukes from Cuba became immediately public. This was a humiliating defeat for Khruschev, who was perceived by allies such as Castro and Mao Zedong of throwing fellow allies under the bus to save his own skin. Zedong (who was notoriously nonchalant about the prospect of nuclear war) believed that the USSR should have escalated the conflict with the US to protect Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis played a significant role in the later Sino-Soviet Split.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Khrushchev was sacked because of it but for bringing the world close to annihilation.

[@JoLynnPaulsen0402]

glad the US has been apart of it all - very main character of us

[@valmid5069]

Can’t wait for more informative updates and content from this channel!!!

[@leftoverpastaz1182]

The 4th time was the burrito supreme going down my pipes

[@iammrbeat]

Those dang burritos are dangerous

[@BigfootIsGoated]

Mr beat is literally my history dad

[@boxinains]

3 Times the World Almost Ended: 1: Cold War 2: War 3: Waffle House is closed

[@iammrbeat]

I didn't even think number 3 was possible.

[@Joshkin.]

After being a fan for a few years I gotta appreciate that you're still making quality videos I still click on, thanks Mr. feet.

[@THE_JACOB]

Every president's favorite president?

[@DJGURR]

As much as I loved my ap history and government teachers. Rip mr Patrick. I would have loved to have Mr Beat as a teacher

[@Thebettergeorge]

11:27 the american ship dropped a depth charge, not a bomb, small change but important.

[@kabiam]

Hiding under your desk. Ha Ha. Meanwhile the entire school disintegrates around you. Like taking the brace position when the plane is flying full speed into a mountain.

[@bobbywise2313]

It depends. If your school is a few miles from ground zero it may suffer damage but still be intact. Brick structures will likely still be standing at about 3 miles. They will likely suffer severe damage and all windows will be gone though. Beyond 10 miles most structures will suffer damage but will likely remain standing. At 15 miles only minor damage is likely. The duck and cover will not work if you are close to ground zero. If you are a few miles away it could prevent cuts, trauma and flash blindness.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

​@@bobbywise2313Duck and Cover wouldn't have done anything if a hydrogen bomb was dropped.

[@bobbywise2313]

@@ericsierra-franco7802 What if you were 8 miles away from a 700 KT (Most of Russia's strategic warheads are between 450 and 800 kt's) blast. Buildings would only sustain minimal damage but it is possible glass could be shattered and cause injury. There could be items falling from shelves and possibly some structural damage that could harm you. The point of duck and cover is to protect those that are at that distance. If you are further away then there wouldn't be much point and if were within a couple of miles of ground zero there would be no point either. Being inside would protect you from thermal burns that could extend out well past 8 miles to unprotected skin. You might still get some neutron radiation at that distance but it would not even be close to the amount you would receive a few miles closer. Depending on wind direction you may get fallout later but you have a little time to find a better shelter for that.

[@mannylikestoanimate]

We're doomed as a species.

[@areafurrynone1913]

We’ve been saying that since the 40s pal

[@iammrbeat]

Technically just about all species are doomed.

[@dumbautisticmutt]

In the words of George Carlin, "The planet is fine. The people are fucked!"

[@kevinandgame4932]

Mr beat, i have been a huge fan and this one was a really good video!. I would appreciate it if you start uploading more storytelling video like this

[@iammrbeat]

More to come!

[@bradleyborno71]

It’s inevitable that the world “Ends” and its most certainly the best for everyone

[@iammrbeat]

I like living

[@maxwell8758]

What’s wrong with you?

[@dumbautisticmutt]

Well if the alternative is immortality, then I guess you're correct.

[@dumbautisticmutt]

​@@iammrbeatMankind ending might be better for most of the rest of life on Earth, though.

[@justsomedude5727]

Born too late to be medieval Knight, born too soon to be post nuclear apocalyptic cybernetic warlord.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

What a delightful idea for a video.

[@VivanLaMNWA]

Not anxiety-inducing at all!

[@bystanderbutch3509]

Excellent video Mr. Beat.

[@enriquevega4480]

Putin is strongly campaigning for Trump

[@iammrbeat]

Yeah, he definitely prefers him over Biden

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

That's enough reason to not vote for Trump. We don't need a pro-Putin president.

[@millenniumvintage9726]

I love the random dinosaur sound whenever Mr. Beat says anything sinister

[@ultimate_pleb]

Video starts at 9:48

[@TheMostBritishBrit]

Mr Beat, that intro definitely caught me off guard (although I don’t think you’ll ever be able to top “I’m Mr Beat, and one day I will die, heck, one day all of us will die”)

[@elishelton3300]

We need a full “Cuban Missile Crisis Explained” video. I’d love for you to take a deep dive into that moment in history

[@ethanpatterson7511]

I was stationed in Hawaii when the NK missle scare happened. My wife and son were asleep and I assumed the alert was a mistake, but just in case, I decided it was probably best not to wake them up ha

[@DwasTV]

Some points I want to add. Russia added the nukes to Cuba in response to the U.S. putting missiles in Turkey. A country that borders the USSR at the time. In response the U.S. then did a illegal blockade of Cuba despite not being at war with Cuba. These are international waters, a sea blockade is done in declaration of war.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

The Bay of Pigs had a lot to do with missiles being put into Cuba.

[@cyrushill593]

Not only is the Tsar bomba the biggest nuke ever tested, it was supposed to be BIGGER than what it was. Russia had to make it only half the power of what they wanted because they feared how powerful it would’ve originally been.

[@simon_nickle]

Babe, wake up. New Mr. Beat just dropped

[@contextwithjohnmalone]

3:28 yeah, but this is how we got Godzilla!!! Just because nobody was around, didn’t mean that there wasn’t going to be consequences lol

[@DJGURR]

I love how hilariously unhinged your intros are sometimes

[@westseattlebikedad]

Six days old and the NATO map is already out of date. Things are moving fast these days. Great video, thanks!!

[@MS-io6kl]

Able Archer 1983 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 were probably the closest calls. I think probably just about everybody in Petrov's place would have waited for confirmation. You don't start a nuclear WWIII for five missiles, which even if they were real might very well not be nuclear armed. Vasily Arkhipov however, was in a far more tense situation, as he had no way of verifying if WWII had broken out or not. The most insane thing about this incident, if I remember correctly, is that it was a lucky coincidence that Arkhipov was on this ship. Usually there were only two guys on a Soviet submarine necessary for the launch of nuclear weapons: the captain and the political officer, formerly known as commissars during WWII. Arkhipov was actually the political officer for the hole submarine unit who just happened to travel on this one sub and was therefore in the chain of command for this potential launch. Now I may have mixed it up and Arkhipov may have been the regular political officer, but if I remember correctly, the guy that single-handedly prevented WWIII might very well have been on another sub that day. During Able Archer, on the other hand, nuclear armed bombers were ready for take off in East Germany with nukes on the planes and pilots in the cockpit. In 1962, it was one guy who prevented WWIII, in 1983 there were dozens if not hundreds of people who could have started it by accident.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Felt like it would 2020

[@iammrbeat]

Things have indeed calmed down...a bit...since then

[@kevin2400]

Nothing happened in 2020 except the riots

[@brithebean4341]

My gov teacher introduced me to ur channel, love your works, Mr Beat!!

[@Costlee_14m]

8:40 hell of an intro Mr beat 😭

[@TheJacket]

It's always a blast to hear Postal Dude talk about history and political facts and other related topics.

[@dripworks6659]

Vasily Arkhipov needs his own movie like. NOW.

[@iammrbeat]

I know right?

[@trailmixgang]

Great googly moogly! Please Mr. Beat tell me that was a Phineas and Ferb refrence!😂

[@MS-io6kl]

Till the 1990s here in Austria, fallout shelters were mandatory for every house built.

[@c7567]

The clown mushroom cloud is a forever classic 💯

[@JonesCrimson]

Technically, a more recent example would be the false missile strike alarm in Hawaii a couple of years ago, by the same circumstances as the second example.