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Nuclear Weapons: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A Last Week Tonight segment on the US nuclear arsenal and how poorly it is maintained and secured. It covers weapons accidents, outdated launch protocols and security problems.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a funny but sobering overview of nuclear weapons safety failures.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
LastWeekTonight
Topic
nuclear weapons safety
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
8
Recommendation years in dataset
2014–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I'm guessing this popped up here after appearing on reddit yesterday. John Oliver did a good report on it. [VIDEO] [LINK] It's pretty frakked up. Edit: Oh, and the cold war is heating up: [LINK] None of this is settling.

    1qaz2wsx3edc on Hacker News · 2014-07
    In Two nuclear bombs nearly detonated in North Carolina in 1961

  • Nuclear warhead security has always been problematic, not just the facility producing the materials. Watch [1] because reading the rest just make everyone dizzy. Our launch protocol relies on very outdated technology. Not that there is anything wrong with old technology in general (as long …

    yeukhon on Hacker News · 2017-09
    In ‘Criticality safety event’ occurred at LANL’s plutonium facility

  • Also, a list of the nuclear weapons which got lost [LINK] There is a drove of stories around nuclear weapons, I also enjoyed "Missile doors left open while Air Force nuclear officer slept" with the explanation, that they left it open for the food delivery …

    cf141q5325 on Hacker News · 2019-06
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