How to Launch a Nuclear Missile

What was the procedure to launch a nuclear missile?
Uranium premieres: July 28 & 29 on PBS at 10pm ET/ 9pm Central
France and Germany: July 31 at 10pm on ZDF/arte
Norway: August 5 & 6 at 21:30 on NRK2
Australia: August 9, 16, 23 at 8:30pm on SBS
Sweden: TBD
Middle East: TBD
For more information on other screenings go to
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A big thank you to The Titan Missile Museum, Yvonne and Chuck.
www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
Space footage courtesy of NASA

[@vanda6516]

LAUNCHING NUKE PRANK (GONE WRONG)

[@TimDaBossGaming]

Ahahahaha

[@fitzremo]

+Tbso237 GONE SEXUAL

[@beaverIAB]

***ALMOST DIED*** 2016 ✔✔

[@tonyjesus1657]

Whoops! There goes Moscow!!🇷🇺💥

[@Wikingking]

+Tbso237 Hotline rings..."have you gone mad?! We declare war, prepare to die!" - Just a prank, bro...! :D

[@lebaeuhjunkyard4731]

How to launch a nuclear missile. Google: you should not launch a nuclear missile Bing:

[@plusk343]

i'll use bing then

[@shashwatguha3861]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RejhanTrubljanin]

@Wesley & Halleys Comet :/

[@shresthgupta1764]

"I thought you'll never ask."

[@I666I]

Not even true.

[@DigitalBhangari]

If this is declassified technology, imagine what they are hiding now

[@Em.P14]

in this chase, showing insides into what you already came up with and are now whiling to show (as it may be outdated), will even provoke more fear and wonder of what you already did as of now and could in the future come up with. Making the deterrent even stronger than before whilst also ensuring that you don't just take it lightly and are properly ensuring that you are not wanting to have it happen by accident (and also in general) Nuklear ICBMs serve their purpose best when they don't get launched. And that's the best way to use them.

[@Em.P14]

Wow even getting 3 upvotes is more than i ever expected to reach this comment, in my eyes, you ain't no less than heroes

[@PrintScreen.]

this is nothing special tbh

[@BILL_BO_jangles]

If you want to see some crazy scary missiles lookup hypersonic glide missiles or Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) or Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS).

[@YTPEXPERT]

@@BILL_BO_jangles America possibly does have metal rods in space that can be dropped as and when

[@Thesnakerox]

I visited the Titan Missile Museum, which is where this video was filmed, myself some time after watching it. I didn't get to turn the key, but still, the whole tour was something else. You learn not only how this missile could have been launched and what it was used for, but also what the life of someone doing a shift at the launch facility was like. Also, this video does not do the missile's size justice; I can guarantee that it is much bigger than you'd expect in person. It's humbling, for lack of a better word.

[@SilverSergeant]

Crewmember duty was great!!!!

[@_Legoman]

"17 million combinations" Oh just wait till the lock picking lawyer gets there, and finds an inexcusable design flaw

[@ChannelName991]

XD

[@KkAaDdEe]

This is an underrated comment lol

[@adambg02]

19,000,000 combinations, 1 lock picking lawyer, 30 seconds.

[@donalain69]

Lol

[@bagel9367]

lol

[@theaberrantreaper6928]

“So that’s it. We just ended all life of Earth?” “As we know it.” That gave me chills man.

[@deferguard7748]

"War... War never changes..."

[@shawnpagel170]

As ‘you’ know it. Get it right dumbfuck

[@theaberrantreaper6928]

@@shawnpagel170 😐

[@jurajsimicevic6468]

It was meant to give you chills

[@sillyconskydive7565]

He could have said "You get used to it." since he probably ended the world as we know it at least once a week. However, when the order comes i'd trust that guy more than some people who have nothing to loose and don't mind taking the world with them.

[@saksham9615]

AH YES, He's wearing a helmet to be safe from a thermonuclear explosion .

[@cinegraphics]

Just like Kamikaze. Safety first.

[@saksham9615]

@@cinegraphics lol

[@broper5280]

You wear a hardhats because the place is made of concrete and steel and a million corners and sharp edges...even the floors are steel plates. You move in, under and around moving doors, hatches, and climb ladders between the levels surrounded by steel supports you literally have to duck under . One look at the hardhats on a shelf, and you see the bangs, dings and gouges that someone's head didn't have to experience.

[@saksham9615]

@@broper5280 ik but its just a joke

[@TheWolvesCurse]

@@saksham9615 wish it was funny.

[@harleck9119]

*Suspicious look "Can we go launch one?" "I thought you'd never ask" *evil smile*

[@griffinjk845]

just got my thermonuclear missile and I can say that this video is highly helpful, I couldn't figure it out before but the problem was that I was trying to do it by myself and I need 2 people. thanks for the instructional video. subbed

[@abhishekanand2037]

Underrated 😅🤣

[@AB-rv2lj]

Instructions unclear , i bought soyuz missiles from the republic of rome

[@yourbigfan1777]

oh dude i can be your co-commander just say station adress

[@angelszm]

Just got some top notch korean missiles,any advice?

[@griffinjk845]

@@angelszmyes. When activating the missiles make sure that you ignite before opening the doors, with those missiles that causes the issue of the missile falling back in and killing everyone within a mile radius of the silo

[@asianboy508]

How to launch a nuke? press the red button

[@TheRockadash]

Don't press the red button

[@linusorm]

Grape Galaxy always press the red button

[@DCATDESIGN]

just for fun

[@NobodyXChallengerYT]

PART 5! THE STALEMATE BUTTON!

[@thelycanthrope1984]

***** On MW2 its only 25

[@lordgarth1]

And what’s scary is for two decades all of the minuteman silos had launch codes of eight zeros.

[@RubenALopes]

This gentleman right there explained in such a clear way why nuclear weapons are still owned by governments and why nuclear programs and persued by dictatorships.

[@jumpAmonkey]

I'm impressed with his on camera demeanor; no drama, no "oh wow", no foolishness. This is a well done, respectful and informative presentation. Extremely rare on KZbin.

[@Em.P14]

what about 2:19 ? wouldn't you call that drama ? but you gotta say, they absolutely had to pull that badass lines

[@SustainaBIT]

@@Em.P14 that's professional acting not just throwing craziness around right?

[@electricpaisy6045]

I don't think this is the place where ou would act with drama. The background is to dark to act childish in such a place on or off camera.

[@kiwiviking175]

Quite right. That's why @veritasium has 11.6M subscribers! ;-)

[@maksymalnybul6145]

@@Em.P14 5:47 and this one. Those lines just give so dramatical, idiotic narration like straight from some kid's cartoons

[@KaleksananBagusMassani]

"So that's it? We just basically just ended life on Earth??" This line is soo good, to remind everyone that Nuclear War is no joke..

[@Happy-xi9hl]

Well, You can't end all life on earth. There will always be someone or something which will live. Come on It's so hard to kill those pesky mosquitoes.

[@ahlgreen2491]

That line gave me the chills By the way, according to Kurzgesagt there are enough nukes in the world to bomb every city with a population of more than 100,000 THREE TIMES OVER

[@wilson6904]

@@Happy-xi9hl But nothing more complicated than small bacteria and viruses deep in the ocean or underground. Cockroaches might live but they're only tolerant to the fallout, not the massive blast itself.

[@taranjeetsingh424]

@@Happy-xi9hl yeah dear u r right

[@talhakhan4487]

I think he was overly dramatic with his dialogue

[@antonetto89]

Who is watching this after Putin put nuclear weapons on standby?

[@wyqtor]

Yeah. I wonder what the soviet procedures are and if it is any easier to launch for them.

[@michaelmeichtry316]

@@wyqtor With the Russian military's ineptitude, either they'll be unable to launch their nuclear missiles (+1,000 of them aimed and ready to fire), or accidentally send them on their way, terminating all life on Earth as we know it (including the human species... we'll be the first to go). The Earth will simply revert to being one of billions of lifeless rocks floating through the galaxy, just as it had begun.

[@michaelmeichtry316]

Not only on standby, but actively hinting that their use by him is entirely plausible, justifiable and definitely "on the table." Christiana Amanpour interviewed Putin's deputy yesterday, who stated that it would be no problem for Russia to employ nuclear weapons if an "existential threat" existed. Are the Russians simply saber-rattling? In fact, for Putin to be dethroned means certain death or imprisonment, so in his calculation there may be nothing more to lose by launching a nuclear armageddon, since he already sees the "writing on the wall," so to speak. All cult leader Jim Jones could do at the end of his rope was to tell his flock to 'drink the kool-aid.' The one's who refused were shot. In Putin's case, he may not care if +7-billion humans are incinerated in a nuclear Holocaust, since he faces an otherwise bleak future otherwise. Putin's greatest self-acknowledged fear as a dictator was seeing how his peers Saddam Hussain and Moamar Khadafi met their fate, and doesn't want his life to end as theirs horribly did. As a result, he will attempt to hold onto power until the bitter end, yet hopefully not at the cost of the rest of humanity. So buckle up!

[@techietisdead]

@@michaelmeichtry316 So basically our only hope is to assasinate him?

[@stevemiller4292]

The silo guy could read the phone book to me and I’d be intrigued. Great story teller.

[@neileatthegrassbison16]

--"Can we go launch one?" --"I thought you'd never ask."

[@DSCKottawa]

Fortunately the system was connected to an emulator.

[@guifdcanalli]

@@DSCKottawa (un)fortunately*

[@MaNu5755]

You created such an atmosphere at the moment before launch, an atmosphere so scary that it gave me goose bump...

[@FathinLuqmanTantowi]

+MaNu5755 because it is exactly what it is like on the real launch. you can't underestimate the pressure of killing someone.

[@windyblower1211]

+Fathin Luqman Tantowi "someone" is and understatement, m8.

[@aliesavvo3600]

+Windy blower more like everyone

[@shadowxsm]

+MaNu5755 I feel that.

[@1503nemanja]

+Joakim Brodén The music helps a lot.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

What you see here is a Fiebinger developed underground ICBM silo, the first very similar one was built in Nazi Germany during late 1944 by MAKO near Arnstadt where the Germans started a large Skoda V101 (V4) 3 stage solid fuel rocket sucessfully from such a silo called Polte 2. (16.03.1945) Unarmed test flight went from Arnstadt to North Polar region radio guided.

[@liongameryt6248]

Can I try this at home?

[@vladherasymenko543]

The only thing scarier, than the Titan-2, is the voice of the old man from the silo.

[@bathshebahubber614]

Honestly the Titan II is far from the scariest nuclear weapon, so it'd be placed further down the list. Scarier nuclear weapons, such as the largest nuclear bomb ever tested, the "Tsar Bomba", or MIRVed ICBMs such as the R-36 "Satan" missile that carry multiple warheads and has the longest range, exist, and some are still operational today. The Titan series of ICBMs are actually rather simple nuclear weapons in terms of both payload, cruise speed, and special capabilities. Within the US nuclear arsenal, it was eclipsed by far by the Minuteman, which could travel at about 7.9 kilometres per second. So I'd put it somewhere behind more modern ICBMs as well as standalone payloads, but you're definitely right about the old man's voice.

[@moddable6921]

@@bathshebahubber614 Nerd

[@plusk343]

@@moddable6921 Dav0d is the quiet guy that can nuke you any moment

[@this_is_mac]

@@plusk343 You mean gandhi?

[@karlmarxwasright6006]

soviet are laughing this system in soviet Russia have big red button and lot of power of vodka, its not a joke or its not a propaganda

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

0:56 to 2:09 This section is like the best scene of a movie ever. The way he spoke, opened the door, worded what he said, the way he said it.

[@A-B101]

Or like a Metal Gear cutscene

[@DrKrFfXx000000000000]

The keys being the main problem.

[@teomanatesogullari1632]

@@A-B101 Oh my you're right xD

[@nv_chino]

Yea good acting too.

[@user-us6nh5qy8q]

Yeah and the subtle background music contributes so much to the scene

[@jonathangallegos6372]

5:35 that lift-off light gave me the chills

[@brandondejong8080]

That was surreal, I knew the basic concept of launching sequences but actually seeing it done gave me chills, especially the comment about ending life as we know it

[@nukesrus2663]

This was very helpful, thanks. Kept forgetting to hold the keys in place.

[@louisthunder10announcement81]

I’m concerned by your name and your comment

[@Corealian]

bro what the actual fuq

[@dragoon260]

God this is gold

[@farhanaditya2647]

hold up.. 😐

[@presssecretaryalexjones969]

Through the entire video I was waiting for dude in the hardhat to be like "IDK I'm a plumber, I just broke into here an hour ago"

[@parlindblom3187]

He is amazing!

[@M-Maxentius]

my favorite comment in this comment section

[@JohnNjengaCOCO]

Alex Jones cmon buddy

[@kristianhaverasmussen8558]

he just needed one more guy to end the world

[@electriceng1077]

He forgot to say you only 6 tries with the unlocking of the scroll wheel thing with the 17million different combinations after that the silo locks itself down and you can’t be able to launch a titan 2

[@kiwiviking175]

And yet, here we are on the 17th March 2022. Wondering quite how prescient this video will turn out to be in the next few weeks...

[@itsyaboyvic]

These videos are getting more and more relevant

[@ciangleeson3650]

Thanks, I wasn't sure how to get mine working

[@dsalpha18]

You should ask for manuals at the black market dealer when you trade them for your G1 transformer.

[@anandsuralkar2947]

Good

[@smileyriley3226]

69

[@hackerhell3806]

Mine was making a weird sound

[@prakharmishra3000]

@@hackerhell3806 mine just crashed

[@MasreMe]

Awesome tutorial, I'm going to try it myself

[@penguin9941]

NSA watch list ^

[@dipensor]

Masre Super May I join commander?

[@InorganicVegan]

Your avatar picture looks nefarious enough to try.

[@grampton]

I didn't know Jesus Christ was into wars?!

[@parabolicpanorama]

Can I join in? I'll be the second guy!

[@rlg222]

I moved to Arizona back in 2005 and I went to the Titan Missile Museum. I was really impressed opening that main entrance door to the control room.

[@nelsonking]

Maybe not the best time to recommend this KZbin.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

I wonder what kind of psychological preparation the missile crews received, in order to overcome what must have been incredible stress.

[@Kosh800]

Jonathan Stewart I had a friend in the Air Force who was chosen as a candidate to become an operator. He said that they gave him a whole bunch of psych tests to determine if he'd be an appropriate pick. Apparently they look for people who have less emotional responses and are more prone to follow orders no matter what. He was chosen and given a chance to become an operator but he turned it down. He said he couldn't have done it even if ordered to.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Kosh800 Wow. That's some heavy stuff. I'm not sure I'd be able to, and I guess that doubt would have disqualified me.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Smithy0013 Sounds like it would have just made it harder, knowing that at any moment, the mundane conversation gives way to ending the world.

[@puncheex2]

+Jonathan Stewart Ever watch "War Games"? The intro is enlightening.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

puncheex2 Not for many years. I'll have to check it out again.

[@orellaminx3530]

Instructions unclear, I was stopped at the gate by a very angry man with a gun and held in a dark room for 18 hours.

[@yololaw3334]

Orella Minx wut

[@VejmR]

batman?

[@nihil2855]

@@metalmario722 same

[@dustins1076]

lol

[@aimanputra3058]

_Instruction nuclear, started World War 3_

[@hydrolink5297]

If this is a turtorial, my pen and paper is ready!

[@wavstudionet]

1:32 The subtle glint of pride in his expression after saying "about 650 times."

[@israelserrano1271]

Other youtuber: how to draw hello kitty. Veritasium: how to launch a nuclear missile.

[@Chunkboi]

How to draw nuclear hello kitty.

[@thanosmom9118]

How to create nuclear hello kitty

[@veritasium]

Targets were 3 pre-assigned locations in the Soviet Union. One of these would be selected during launch and all trajectory and flight calculations would be preprogrammed.

[@nodeiln]

rich Nope they wouldn't, Russians almost fire nuclear Missiles because of a false alarm but thanks to a russian officier Stanislav Petrov, they didn't

[@EconaelGaming]

***** There was a very close call once and this guy was smart enough to save us from WW3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

[@zeke7515]

rich I'm sorry what?! "OH GOSH DARNIT! They nuked us! Get them on the phone, I'm going to have some harsh words with them." Said nobody ever, in ANY timeline.... Not even in timelines where we did break these bad boys out and start using them.

[@oO_ox_O]

***** Nah, but after launch there would be proabaly a formal declarion of war: *_JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government and the people of the United States and making provisions to prosecute the same._* _WHEREAS, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has committed an act of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America; therefore, that the state of war between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire nuclear arsenal of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and, to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States._

[@skysi]

Veritasium so, lets say the Soviet Union isnt´t the enemy here, but the chinese. Could the pre-assigned Locations changed or would the Missile be useles against the chinese? Would like to know more about the targeting-system.

[@joefreundt]

Wow... when the missile was "launched" I felt a cold shiver on my back. Good job with the video.

[@manabellum]

I don’t know why this is recommended in my feed but I feel it is so relevant right now.

[@simmzzzz]

So this is what it takes to make Fallout a reality...

[@ThatFeelBr0]

Simran Zenov Not if you have a Metal Gear...

[@trevader2562]

Simran Zenov NO WAIT~ I DONT HAVE A VAULT SPOT RESERVED!

[@MegaMrkeks]

Simran Zenov the fallout loure is a bit more complex, then "only" a nuclear fallout.

[@Nue55]

Simran Zenov Best comment I've read in months!

[@rann01]

I don't want to set the wooorld on fiiireeee...

[@CuriousMoth]

Whoops! Forgot to take the warhead out.

[@primeninja2357]

Lol, the worst possible way to extinct humanity

[@grampton]

Prime Ninja, Humans will never be extinct, Chuck Norris will save human extinction!

[@comady25]

Wyles Malibiran Are we still doing Chuck Norris?

[@erikziak1249]

CuriousMoth Don't worry, it expired in 1997.

[@samramdebest]

CuriousMoth that actually happened a few times. Like one time some airport noticed after more than 12 hours they had a nuke sitting on the runway. and the us actually accidentally dropped armed nukes on the USA and due to a malfunction they didn't blow.

[@c.z.m]

Don't mind me , i just really needed to watch this before i go sleep.

[@jeez123]

POV: you are watching this video after watching the missile launch hatch opening

[@NivedDoesArt]

the quiet kid in class: *Interesting...*

[@generalrommel5666]

I used to be that kid. Focus on “used”.

[@Joshuaxiong2]

Ha, funny.

[@_iceman1234]

lol

[@hateeternalmaver]

Someone imagining a "quiet kid" in class is likely what leads to creation of a "quiet kid" in class in the first place... x_x

[@simondenny7801]

*unzips bag and pulls out the nuclear biscuit*

[@squeakybunny2776]

Nuclear missile comitty meeting: So what sort of safety measures are we gonna need Code message: yes Two different combinations for the locker: oh yes Different envelopes with different codes: nice Two keys: great Keys have to be turned within two seconds: lovely touch Keys have to be held for 5 seconds: aaahh wonderful Keys far away from each other: gorgeous Abort switch: mehh lameee ....

[@squeakybunny2776]

@Chi Sam lol if posting such comments helps you sleep at night.. Go ahead. Imaging feeling better about yourself because you know how to spell the word committee... What a low key life you must be living.. Have a nice day buddy...

[@liamgriffin218]

Chi Sam - Is now a bad time to note, dickhead, that you are a bit of a dickhead?

[@edbunkers4516]

Long live the English language and the correct usage thereof!! Btw, you should be ashamed, not of making an error, but of your lack of tolerance for criticism.

[@squeakybunny2776]

@@edbunkers4516 my objection wasn't to being corrected. It was the way in which it was done.

[@squeakybunny2776]

@Chi Sam do you not see the irony here? You call me insecure yet you go around and bash peoples grammar/spelling (even when in 1 case it's obviously autocorrect), feel smarter and boost your self esteem...

[@MrSapperb3]

This guy seems super fun to have a tour from! I rewatch this every few months and love it every time

[@Cosmic_Sunrise]

Super cool and incredibly intriguing video. Your videos always manage to put my entire life into a new paradigm; It's much appreciated!

[@allysonburgers1443]

"Welcome to world war three" damn that gave me goosebumps

[@dziltener]

"We basically just ended life on earth?" - "...as we know it." *shudder*

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Haunting words. I really appreciate the seriousness they showed towards the topic in the video. No jokes, no witty banter. Just the somber fact that this would be the end of everything.

[@kbanghart]

Back in the '80s, a really good piece of fiction was published called War Day, that described a limited nuclear war, and the effects afterwards. Really interesting read.

[@MrGothicruler666]

I legitimately teared up at that

[@Davidvanzutphen]

The release dat will be probably somewhere this year

[@flyingdeer3963]

5:38 i love that music. Gives you the feeling of just being able to watch and being not able to change anything. Horrifying and fascinating at the same time

[@David-hm3lx]

Do you know how that music is called?

[@flyingdeer3963]

@@David-hm3lx Sadly not. I would love to know

[@Minehander]

@@David-hm3lx "30,000 Year Prophecy" from "Uranium Twisting the Dragon's Tail"

[@anonymousstout4759]

Wait the Missile cannot be aborted mid flight like in the Mission Impossible movie?

[@David-hm3lx]

@@anonymousstout4759 I´m not an expert here but if it could be aborted i imagine it would be a major weak point and the oposing side could just abort the attack by cracking the encryption beforehand. The abort light should in theory only be a pad abort if ther´s a failture in the silo and the missile is still there. Please correct me if i´m wrong but that would be my guess to why they said "ther´s no oops swich".

[@actor765]

You can really tell this is a very serious thing for him, the face he wears as they are "launching" the missile looks so scared, and remorseful

[@jbar6618]

In olden times before 1974 when the coded butterfly valve was installed any one on crew could have launched the missile. The safe locks were master lock's 175 resettable combo locks which were very easy to decode with a thin piece of metal from a beverage can. Opening the safe provided the needed launch keys. The LES (Launch Enable System) which was a radio based link to the command post was easily defeated by simply removing its power, turning off a circuit breaker. And as for the need for 2 people, there were many tested methods to allow a single person to turn and hold both keys. It was nearly 10 years later the Air Force decided to install the coded butterfly valve. The main engine fuel valve had a explosive charge that would lock the valve in the event a bad code was entered, rendering the missile useless.

[@Leonelf0]

For all the germans: The german title of the documentary is "Uran und Mensch - Ein gespaltenes Verhältnis". It will air 22:00 german time on friday on arte.

[@pirminpfeiffer7206]

***** Thanks! Are you german too?

[@Leonelf0]

Karl Whistler jap :D

[@pirminpfeiffer7206]

coole sache ;)

[@EVO0946]

***** When it's for alle the germans, you also could've wrote it in german :D

[@Leonelf0]

Nepul K good question. but judging from the german title (and description) I think it's dubbed. It runs on arte, so it will probably already have a dub in german and french :P

[@43615]

"there's no oops switch" what's that "abort" light for?

[@fakename287]

I'm sure that one turns on if the keys aren't turned at the right time or if one of the keys is released before 5 seconds is up

[@5678sothourn]

If there's a mechanical failure of the missile that makes it unable to launch

[@RobynHarris]

hackingpro Equipment failure that prevents launch. Titan II was a fairly complex liquid fueled booster with lots of potential points of failure. Newer launch systems are all solid fuel boosters. Far less complex and error prone. Death is essentially assured.

[@ayy1234]

It is for in the process of getting to the launch light once it launches there is no way to disable it unless you shoot it down

[@MikeTheMGTOWMonk]

@@5678sothourn You just had to tell them the truth didn't you I was going to sit here and watch their conspiracy theories

[@zzoli666]

"off we go into the wild blue yonder" must have been a bone chilling feeling if it ever came/ ever comes to that

[@TheSeforian]

4:46 is eerie feeling there is still hope, but that short clip 5:35 -5:45 , what gets me most. After all of the years I keep coming back watching over and over those 10 seconds. It just makes me so emotional some reason. What is happening right now in the world, it is hard to think, this is beginning of how I and most of the human species could die.

[@johnmarkey9060]

"How to launch a nuclear missile" Welcome to the NSA watch list.

[@Sean-kp1to]

how 2 flee to mexico

[@natesorrells9916]

Lmao. Nukes are hella interesting though.🤘🏾

[@redcowcat8705]

John Markey yeah i though if i should click on that... but it was stronger than meh, i hope theyl notice that i basicaly watched every video on this channel

[@lordgustav6227]

John Markey Congrats Im your 260th like have a nice day

[@ictpilot]

Old news.

[@bhonemyatpaingsoe7868]

Criminals: Thanks for telling me how to launch this thing

[@mikeksp9177]

Funny, but imagine if they still have working titan 2s, we would very much be dead because they are so easy to operate

[@kawsalty]

@@mikeksp9177 No i think all of the "operational" missile are hevily guarded

[@mikeksp9177]

@@kawsalty im pretty sure theres just one guy with an ak from the russian and american disarming traty commition reading a newspaper guarding those ones

[@mikeksp9177]

@Vision ThingProbably Moscow times, hes listening to internacionala too

[@directorsky9782]

Lmaooo

[@saidulhossainal-amin7473]

Background sound was very much effective.

[@wozamigamez592]

Derek making a while movie type edit and giving some good Dramatic vibe.

[@BeholdingKrishna]

Am I the only person who got goosebumps and a little wetness in the eyes? I don't want any more nuclear war, for that fact no more wars.

[@kingnfs1]

Kris War will come, sooner or later. It happens in every time in each generation, a seed of hatred will make into 2 and continue. Thats a sad fact :(

[@marlonyo]

Kris i f ou give everybody nuclear arms there would be no wars

[@grampton]

Actually there's wars that's already happening like in Iraq.

[@zanderw1199]

Kris I teared up during the launch, kinda hit me the seriousness of it.

[@Wulfryk]

Kris no you wern't the only one , started tearing up during that launch sequence. horrible thing to imagine

[@Atypical-Abbie]

This sounds like some sort of action movie. That actually makes it a lot scarier than you would think.

[@Andrew-ep4kw]

Zaziuma I agree. The soundtrack nearly drowned out the dialogue. I think that a more neutral music score would have emphasized the clinical nature of a missile launch, which has a terrorizing component of it's own.

[@Atypical-Abbie]

Andrew Timm I was talking about the amount of silly things you had to do to launch it actually.

[@Andrew-ep4kw]

all the silly things, such as code verification, two keys, etc., were designed to be sure that we only launched a missile when we really wanted to.

[@ajinkyarajguru431]

Zaziuma Or maybe a dark comedy with Peter Sellers. Oh wait.

[@malignor9035]

Zaziuma When the silo guide said "there is no oops button", I got far more chills than any of the music could artificially deliver.

[@hagerty1952]

I've visited the TMM twice, the last time the same year you made this video. My first job out of school was ground support for an Air Force reconnaissance satellite that launched on a Titan IIIB, so I was more than a little familiar with the Titan's technology. When I was able to answer some of the other visitors' questions better than he could, the docent asked if was local since he wanted to hire me! BTW, for anyone wondering why the "Butterfly Valve" has such a lightweight sounding name for something that causes Armageddon, it has to do with the propellants used. They were hypergolic, meaning that no ignition system was needed since they explode spontaneously on contact. The propellants were controlled by butterfly valves (like the kind in your car's intake), both operated by a common actuator. In this way, you could be sure that either both propellants would start together or neither would flow. It also made the failsafe lockout mentioned easier to do since you only had to control one. Disabling the lockout withdrew the pin preventing motion of the butterfly valves, thus enabling the launch.

[@amulejohn]

"So that's it. We just ended lives on earth "? That right there just gave me a goosebumps

[@pratikkshirsagar6481]

'"Welcome to world war 3'" sounds creepy

[@roberthunter1125]

We should shoot off these weapons today--instead of tomorrow--maybe some of our grandchildren will survive to live in a new,horrible world

[@anamanym7481]

Round three. Fight!

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

No such thing as world war with nuclear weapons. Use them means Game OVER!

[@YetiOnCocaine]

lololololololo

[@Kumquat_Lord]

As it should. The weight of his words cannot be understated.

[@Ballbuster1000]

The thought that humanity could be ended just by two people turning keys is terrifying

[@paulmaggs3212]

I think it actually required 4 people ( 2 separate crews in the same complex)

[@Cybernaut551]

Ra ra rasputin!

[@Em.P14]

two guys and the necesary things that have to happen that they get the code to arm the missile

[@AllTheguillerub2001]

@@paulmaggs3212 from what I know it was a 5 man crew separate from each other. The missile required at least two keys to launch

[@paulmaggs3212]

@@AllTheguillerub2001 Do you have a reference for that? I had understand that in the US, it required 2 separate crews to turn the keys (4 crewmen) to stop a single rogue crew from launching. On the subs I had understood it required Captain,XO + 2 Others (Probably the Weapons Officer ). The Soviet Union may have been different. As you can appreciate, much of this is still cloaked in secrecy, though there are some good books out there that shed some light on procedures.

[@boeing7877]

"For all intents and purposes, that should say welcome to WW3" You can see the guilt on Derek's face...

[@SimCityEA1989]

This never became so real, till now-

[@timsullivan4566]

"Dude, WTF?! Not LAUNCH - I said we had time for a quick LUNCH!

[@bigroy38]

Far Out Space Nuts.

[@stickology4475]

HILARIOUS!!!

[@msarchive6247]

Lunch the missles!!

[@timsullivan4566]

@Only Gamers Not properly punctuated didn't read

[@anandsuralkar2947]

Ohl

[@indranilpalit5799]

Music from 5:38 to 5:45( till the launch) gives an eerie feeling about the end of life on earth. It feels like we really launched the missile

[@quasar7683]

Do you know the name?

[@oomphlagwumpla650]

Quasar sound like sia ngl

[@lambda4799]

If anyone has any idea of the name of this music, or even just where they got it from, I'm interested! I have already searched in AudioNetwork without success, maybe it uses another soundbank?

[@lambda4799]

Found and uploaded! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGfKd2SJa8l1l5o

[@omkard.5413]

@@lambda4799 respect 🙏

[@wickras]

Watching this in March 2022 gives chills on a different level

[@joshuadabrowski0033]

Thanks man, I’ll put this skill to great use in 2047

[@dangermouse4856]

"I thought you'd never ask." xD great episode

[@pehenry]

3:44 - The Lock Picking Lawyer would have picked this in under 10 seconds.

[@raaston9761]

yeah in under 4

[@nxt5817]

2 is binding

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Omg I was thinking the exact thing. I’m sure he could pick the lock. The challenge might be the combo, which is likely electronic not mechanical.

[@mikex5620]

It's a key switch, it's not very special, it's a Chicago 1 key. Many more in existence with the same key code used for many other applications

[@arnis71]

Just put some string around the key and pull it from a far

[@DevinJarosz]

Thank you Veritasium, I can now launch a nuclear missile.

[@kunk8789]

2:33 My guy even walked like the physical embodiment of Death itself

[@MultiChannel71]

To FBI, CIA or anyone who is monitoring this video: I did not search this video's title.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

This was part of the documentary Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail So no worries... all we have to watch out for is North Korea

[@TheCls63]

But how many missiles did North Korea launched vs the U.S. to watch out for them?

[@abhinavsah5764]

Lol

[@erikallen3804]

EngiMen I did ;)

[@idrisaleeyu3291]

Bro ✊

[@colorado841]

Russian missile silos just have a big red button and a bottle of vodka next to it.

[@DenisTriton]

Уже за это хочется врезать по голове. ...Так зачем нарываться-то?

[@F5Storm1]

😂

[@JoetheDilo1917]

Russian missiles are automatic; they need no external input to launch. If the "Dead Hand" switch system detects anything similar to an atomic blast, a cruise missile will fly over Russia on a pre-set flight path, beaming out radio signals which trigger the missiles to fire. All without the press of a button.

[@GuRuGeorge03]

@@JoetheDilo1917 if thats true its the scariest thing ive ever read

[@Anon54387]

@@DenisTriton It was a joke.

[@Rocketman88002]

I got to visit an Atlas F missile site that had been taken off alert for a propellant loading exercise. (PLX) The 3.75 megaton warhead had been removed and a dummy RV put in its place. A group of C.A.P. members and myself got a tour of the silo, LCC and support facilities a day before the PLX. Standing in that silo looking up at that dummy warhead put me in a state of great wonder and amazement. I was only 15 and didn't understand how powerful and deadly that ICBM was when armed with a bomb that was about 180 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Fortunately, S.A.C. has stood down but it seems evident that deterrence is still in operation.

[@jamesgussman1399]

Very good to see young people like yourself taking an interest in this important topic.

[@flyhighpizzapie]

BREAKING NEWS: A missile launched from the United States has been detected on course to Moscow. It is presumed that one Derek Muller of Veritasium is responsible. What a magnificent bastard.

[@imfrommanndame]

flyhighpizzapie UPDATE: Suspect is believed to be one Drek Muffler of Veristablium.

[@Pickelhaube808]

flyhighpizzapie Chuck Norris doesn't launch thermonuclear missiles. Thermonuclear missiles launch Chuck Norris.

[@TheSkyrimmaniac]

flyhighpizzapie Damnit Derek, looks like my knowledge of Fallout will be needed.

[@OwnageProductions03]

“To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell. And so it is with science.” - Richard Feynman

[@sopheakseng9647]

Chilling!

[@SparrowHawk183]

Such truth in these words. It is how we choose to use these keys that is so crucial. Thank you for the Feynman quote, it is timeless.

[@kuiper921]

Chuck C Get out of here. Take politics somewhere else.

[@lordgustav6227]

Ownage Productions Congrats Im your 215th like have a nice day

[@schneemann2612]

Almost always enjoy your content man, but this time you outdid yourself! Good one mate!

[@nonstopgaming3047]

Finally a tutorial I’ve been waiting for so long!

[@Kaeden07]

*how to launch a nuclear missile* "ferb I know what we're doing today"

[@arctic215]

Phineas and ferb doing phineas and ferb thingys

[@UniversalPotentate]

The old missile dude is scarier than any nuke ever invented.

[@TasX]

paul G 2.0 err...sure

[@TasX]

paul G 2.0 N. Korea: OH NO! WE HAVE A BOMB COMING ARE WAY!!!! Kim Jung: What must we do? Advisors: THROW THE CHEESE!! (did anybody get that reference?)

[@Legiondude]

Radi Bear Random Guy: Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[@TasX]

asdf Movie

[@Blox117]

Radi Bear gworious weader!

[@razzledazzle4596]

that's got to be so terrifying. turning some keys and beginning a war

[@JackSalzman]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It helped me a lot in my world conquest!

[@christianmckee3614]

Next video suggestions: 1.) How to hack the US government 2.) How to break into the Whitehouse 3.) How to successfully torture somebody 4.) How to get somebody to listen to baby shark

[@djak4803]

3 and 4 are the same.

[@philipeoliveira2648]

@@djak4803 lmao

[@nerd_nato564]

One of these is not like the others... (4. Not a prime number.)

[@meixizou86]

*FBI WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@christianmckee3614]

meixizou86 FBI can suck my nuts

[@noellealissa2206]

That is frightening to see the launch sequence to the end! Thank you for sharing this Sir. I truly hope this never gets engaged.

[@soup6884]

“A lock is defined at its weakest link” -lockpickinglawyer

[@dannygjk]

Keep in mind there is a time limit *and* he has to get behind the panel. If the panel integrity is violated the system will perform a partial suicide.

[@soup6884]

@@dannygjk good to know

[@LossOfEternal]

And as always, thanks for watching.

[@FWtravels]

Vsauce

[@moshetelesh2503]

high 5!

[@entropyzero5588]

I found Veritasium via a coop with Minutephysics - which I found via a coop with Vsauce :D

[@schweetzsister6950]

watching for thanks , always as and

[@Eiferius]

sapnu puas

[@Sparton646real]

How did i get here from the body temperature of a chicken?

[@uint16_t]

34 degrees Celsius!

[@xXxBurnerable]

+Pál Bőle actually it's 41

[@ethanchou4906]

Causes it's not

[@Sparton646real]

Ethan Chou U mad m8, it is

[@alphaadhito]

Because sometime ago, some scientists that built nuclear mines needed the mine to be heated above freezing. There's no electric heater, so you guess what it used for the 'heating element'...

[@YourBoyPawn]

Plot twist: The missile you launched was still active and you're now wanted in 189 countries.

[@footofblut981]

“Can we launch one?” “I thought you would never ask ;)” Me:👁👄👁

[@andrpapa654]

5:54 My man looks like he literally started a WW3

[@chrisbusenkell]

That museum is so fun to visit. They have an open house every February and they just let you wander around the entire silo, unescorted and explore. Very fun.

[@johncunner2429]

Six years later broadcast in Sweden and Middle East (in description) are still TBD.

[@delon32321]

Here we go again Back in the cold war

[@LandNfan]

From 9/66 thru 2/69 I was assigned to the 381st Strategic Missile Wing at McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas. My job was maintaining the wired communications systems on the launch sites, including those speakers you heard the EWO message over, as well as the many intercom headsets used by maintenance personnel, and the various private line telephones used to control site access. I noticed that your guide was Chuck Penson. He has published a rather comprehensive book about the Titan II from the concept to the construction, the functionality, how various systems worked, all the way through to the decommissioning and destruction of the sites. Tons of pictures and diagrams. A great resource for anyone interested in the most devastating weapon system ever deployed and a walk down memory lane for us old guys who proudly wore the “pocket rocket” (Missileman badge) back in the day.

[@user-bc4go8fr9r]

You sir are a legend who knows and told us about another legand

[@patb9375]

Thank you Sir.

[@howardcharles309]

I was stationed at Davis Monthan AFB from 1982-1985 assigned to the 836th Security Police Squadron which provided security to the 390th & 391st Missile Squadron at DM. The video could have explained more but it was ok. I was also there providing security and evacuation support for the deactivation of the 18 silos. Was a great, much better than working missile security for MinuteMan in Grand Forks which was my next assignment.

[@sparc77]

BMAT from the 533rd here. Even today hearing that warble tone makes my heart skip a beat.