Always/Never: The Quest for Safety, Control, and Survivability - Part 3

Ensuring always - 0:00
Survivability of the U.S. deterrent - 13:15
The nexus of always/never - 21:40
Close & credits - 29:12
Always/Never: The Quest for Safety, Control & Survivability is a first-person documentary film about the use, control, detonation safety, and survivability of US nuclear weapons with an emphasis on the contributions of the DOE/NNSA nuclear weapon laboratories from 1945 to 1991. Exploring the historical interaction between technology, military operations, and national policy has never before been told in this detail.
Learn more at 1.usa.gov/1Bijsh8.
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[@maxheadrom3088]

Sandia: Engineering at its best! These people know everything about engineering and nothing about marketing! Great documentaries - really very well done. Thanks from Brazil.

[@MicMac.]

I've forgotten More than you'll ever know.

[@VesproDBA]

​@@MicMac.can you tell us more about yourself?

[@jimsvideos7201]

I'm impressed with the candor shown throughout this series, concerning both technical and cultural details.

[@colingrange268]

West way to of a

[@dmitryshusterman9494]

There were no tech details

[@alexlohan2988]

@@dmitryshusterman9494 he did say “throughout this series”. Most certainly throughout this series and the entirety of the Sandia Labs channel there are many many technical details and specifications that are discussed at great length. I advise you not to check it out though, as I see details are hard for you to pick up on.

[@paulwatson9385]

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[@peachtree67]

Outstanding Documentary Sandia! Very proud of the work and safety you do every day.

[@densealloy]

On a purely engineering aspect it is astonishing what these cold war engineers and scientists were able to accomplish. This series was phenomenal and I found it fascinating. Thank you, not only for interviewing these ladies and gentlemen to document this for historical purposes but also editing it so morons like myself could understand it.

[@eddievhfan1984]

CHE on the Trident's MIRVs definitely makes more sense to me. IHE is more understandable for bombs and land-based ICBMs because an accidental conventional detonation could spread nuclear material into air currents and widely spread contamination. With a submerged platform, if there was an issue with the warhead, the missile could be jettisoned in a safed condition, and water pressure would help to contain any detonation and reduce nuclear material dispersal.

[@joshrandalldisavows6697]

Incredibly fascinating and well done! Great work!

[@traviselden5830]

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[@bryanpassifiume1185]

Fantastic series

[@allandavis8201]

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[@SubvertTheState]

I know this is the part of the story where Sandia comes in, but this is my favorite part of the series. I've always been interested in natural forces, and nuclear fission piqued my interest when I was 9.

[@mrjones7222]

Thank you!!!

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

The "Ya can kick 'em, they're right.." approach to safety is reassuring....

[@harrietharlow9929]

This was an extremely interesting look into the history of US nuclear weapon safety. Thank you for uploading!

[@Geckobane]

Telstar looks like a cool droid from a random 70s sci-fi show

[@danhassan2108]

Thx :)

[@chrismartin2001AD]

Fascinating series, thank you! Must say though, the nonchalance with which they announce the switch from counter-value to first-strike capabilities, for a system which can by its nature be positioned very close to any foreign shore and would therefore be extremely threatening to a perceived adversary, is extremely concerning

[@jimkluska253]

Good doc.

[@christopherleubner6633]

Starfish Prime had to be he prettiest nuclear test imo. Awsome video series. Quite an extremely tricky balancing act is Always/Never.

[@acb9896]

4:04 NUKE-YOO Lurr.... Come on, man... Would you want a plumber that calls himself a "Plum Berr"?

[@Nighthawke70]

And what Sandia didn't know was what Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works had cooked up in the 60's and 70's: Stealth. It smoked the USSR's defense systems, giving NATO a genuine First Strike capability. Combine that with the ALCM, Trident and MX threat, the Sov had little choice but to fold. Enter the late 80's and 90's, the world flipped upside down and inside out.

[@tonyduncan9852]

"Threat" is *_always_* SUBJECTIVE. The onus is to _be reasonable._ Some threats are within us also.

[@kevindunlap5525]

It'd be pretty amazing to see the stuff that we're not allowed. It's probably out of this world!

[@kelleybrown1666]

Kewl

[@ztyy8185]

How all this got declasdified??

[@SubvertTheState]

Lol

[@lukestrawwalker]

It's safety-related content; they don't classify it because they are trying to encourage other nuclear powers to evaluate and develop similar safety systems for their own nuclear weapons... to reduce the possibility of inadvertant, accidental, or sabotaged nuclear weapon detonations, and contribute to greater security from theft or rogue use of nuclear weapons in other nation's stockpiles. The US has shared such information in the past with the Soviets and even encouraged and helped them increase security on their nuclear forces after the Soviet collapse. OL J R :)

[@724bigal]

Ok let’s set one off already!

[@carlomikhailreid4365]

Imagine how many people have died of cancer because of the US nuclear tests

[@riverfreddy]

I ask; can a singular criminal, who is also insane, bypass all hardware and software to employ nuclear level munitions?

[@colinstewart1432]

An USAF guy was sacked for asking just that question relating to the SIOP

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

John Travolta!

[@iitzfizz]

It was actually a star this time

[@peterwright4224]

Will america ever do a study to ask a simple question is this all the way to go for mankind and is American foreign policy helping or hindering the position of the usa in the world?

[@whirledpeas3477]

Peter the snowflake 🤪

[@itsme-qk2vb]

@@whirledpeas3477 it's a legitimate question that every leader ask himself everyday

[@lukestrawwalker]

Unfortunately it's the situation we find ourselves in. We simply have to do the best we can with what we've got. Even if the US hadn't invented the bomb in WW2, the scientific principles needed to build bombs were already known to be possible and other countries, like Germany and Japan and the Soviet Union, were already working on developing it themselves, with varying degrees of success. So even without the US building the bomb, some other country WOULD have within a decade or two anyway, and we'd be in the same boat. Once someone has it, their enemies have to have it to "defend themselves" and deter attack using them. That genie isn't going back into the bottle, because even with "world peace" (at some future time) there's always the risk that someone will "cheat" and keep some bombs secreted away, or the ability to make them, and that will give them a huge advantage at some point if they wanted to do something bad. So nations will, for the foreseeable future, have a vital interest in maintaining SOME nuclear capability at least for deterrence against such possibilities. Later! OL J R :)

[@AaronB99999]

The goal of US foreign policy is not to help the position of the USA in the world. US foreign policy is the tool of a fairly small group of international corporations and think-tanks who benefit in money and power from its actions. They have a phenomenally effective propaganda operation through the mainstream corporate news media.

[@stdorn]

Hard fail on Info panel. A video on the U.S. nuclear weapons program has Apollo space program info panel good job KZbin/Wiki

[@ryanbyrnes7887]

I'm looking for a new kitchen product, appliance, or comparison to do, so I'll review whatever is most requested here. What kitchen product, appliance, or comparison (no bigger than will fit on a countertop) would you like to see me review next? The most liked comment after three days is what I'll review. (Joke suggestions are appreciated but not considered!)

[@peckerwood780]

We're very lucky an accidental nuke explosion hasn't happened

[@henrybartlett1986]

What an astonishing waste of money.

[@whirledpeas3477]

Want you're $12 back Hank?

[@brandonstanley9125]

We need another SALT treaty.

[@dutchbachelor]

Yes we do, but good luck with that...

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Strategic are less usable than tactical. How big of a yield is too big? Is a 3kt "battlefield" nuke safer than a 1mt strategic warhead? Not in the sense that the 3kt is more acceptable. It's counter-intuitive that a yield that's 1/333 of a megaton, let's say, is actually a more realistic threat.

[@whirledpeas3477]

Never got the nuclear holocaust we were promised

[@matthewcannon5675]

Z z H Z.

[@kaalisurfer600]

lol...what was that,some kind a joke or brainwashing machine

[@billpugh58]

A life spent trying to ensure hundreds of millions of deaths. Wealthy retired republicans try and justify their lives on camera.

[@andrewbellinger6120]

Funny as the only nuclear weapons ever used in war were used by a democrat.

[@whirledpeas3477]

@@andrewbellinger6120 👍 Democrats have a huge problem with facts

[@jeffreyskoritowski4114]

Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton and Obama were/are all good Republicans.

[@ryanbyrnes7887]

Thank you!!!