Why Is It So Hard to Build an ICBM?
To hopefully put your mind more at ease, Hank is here to talk about the work that goes into designing and building ICBMs. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron...
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There's been a lot of talk, confusion and fear lately surrounding North Korea, and ICBMs or Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. On an individual level, like there's not a whole lot that I can do about North Korea but sometimes it helps to understand the things that we're like kinda freaked out by, so we wanted to talk about how these weapons of mass destruction work, why they're so difficult to engineer, and why they're so dangerous Missiles are guided, rocket-propelled weapons and ICBMs are the longest-range missiles out there. They can travel at least 5,500 kilometers (about the distance between New York and London). Some designs can go twice as far or even farther. ICBMs can also carry warheads, the toxic or explosive stuff that mak...
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There's been a lot of talk, confusion and fear lately surrounding North Korea, and ICBMs or Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. On an individual level, like there's not a whole lot that I can do about North Korea but sometimes it helps to understand the things that we're like kinda freaked out by, so we wanted to talk about how these weapons of mass destruction work, why they're so difficult to engineer, and why they're so dangerous Missiles are guided, rocket-propelled weapons and ICBMs are the longest-range missiles out there. They can travel at least 5,500 kilometers (about the distance between New York and London). Some designs can go twice as far or even farther. ICBMs can also carry warheads, the toxic or explosive stuff that mak...
