OK, different universe, they grew up in parallel. It’s a whole different dark universe that grew up in parallel to this ginormous scary world of mushroom clouds. What we’re talking about now is extremely different. We’ve seen pictures of tests around the globe where these frightening huge things would scare and intimidate everybody into all these unthinkable scenarios. We’re not, although that tends to be the thing that we all conjure up in our minds, these big horrible things. Are we in a new, more dangerous moment in the world? So we wanted to ask you, Bill, what would an attack like this look like? I mean, when I think of nuclear weapons, I think of a mushroom cloud? Is that what we’re talking about? bill broad So this whole week, the Ukrainians are making a lot of military advances in that very area that Putin was talking about.Īnd so everyone, you know I’m in DC here, is talking about this and kind of on edge. And he kind of hinted that he would use his nuclear arsenal. And he said that if it was attacked, he would fight back. And he told us that Putin had effectively declared a chunk of Ukraine Russian territory. So Bill, two weeks ago, we did an episode with our colleague Anton.

Today, I talk to my colleague, Bill Broad on what that weapon is, how it works, and what it would mean to deploy it. If Vladimir Putin ever follows through with his threat to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, he’s likely to use a very particular kind of nuclear weapon.

sabrina taverniseįrom “The New York Times” I’m Sabrina Tavernise, and this is “The Daily.” Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Putin has threatened to fire a particular kind of arm in Ukraine. Transcript What Are Tactical Nuclear Weapons, and What if Russia Uses Them? President Vladimir V.

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