Kurzgesagt | The Most Insane Weapon You Never Heard About

At the height of the Cold War, a terrifying concept emerged: a bomb so powerful it wouldn’t need to be dropped.

Known as Project Sundial, this doomsday device would have left a 400-km radius in flames and plunged the world into darkness. It was a bomb that would destroy everything, not a weapon, but an apocalypse.


How close did we come to pressing the button?


00:00 - Start

00:42 - Everything is Different Forever

03:24 - But What if We Destroy Humanity Even Harder?

05:40 - The Final Bomb

08:33 - Good News! Wait no, Bad News!

10:41 - KiwiCo Sponsorship

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