How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?

Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon? We re conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017 Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Inerri, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, سلطان الخليفي, Nicholas Smith, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/14/pentagon-us-ready-to-blast-north-koreas-new-missile-out-of-the-sky/ https://fas.org/nuke/intro/missile/icbm.htm http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-nuclear-strike-united-states-arrival-times-2017-8 http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb7.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/missile-defense1.htm https://www.space.com/19601-how-intercontinental-ballistic-missiles-work-infographic.html http://science.howstuffworks.com/difference-ballistic-cruise-missile.htm https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-spy-planes-watching-possible-north-korea-nuke-test-n749111 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/how-us-satellites-pinpointed-source-of-missile-that-shot-down-airliner/ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/11/205_217259.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/us-north-korea-aegis-ballistic-missile-defense/index.html https://www3.epa.gov/radtown/fallout-nuclear-weapons-testing.html http://spacenews.com/la%E2%80%82pleading-missile-warning-satellites-track-wildfires/ http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/what-would-happen-if-north-korea-fired-nuclear-weapon-20205 https://www.quora.com/How-many-steps-are-required-to-arm-and-trigger-an-aircraft-fired-missile-and-what-safeguards-are-there-to-prevent-accidents https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-a-plane-carrying-a-nuclear-bomb-would-crash-e-g-by-being-shot-down-but-without-the-rocket-hitting-the-actual-bomb-Would-the-bomb-explode-by-the-force-of-the-collision http://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-bomb-accident-goldsboro-nc-swamp-2017-5 http://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/26/us/us-discloses-accidents-involving-nuclear-weapons.html http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/can-we-stop-a-nuke-16988105/ https://www.mda.mil/system/gmd.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/north-korea-nuclear-missiles/512240/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1988/04/the-rush-to-deploy-sdi/308326/ http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/could-lasers-be-future-anti-missile-weapons http://breakingdefense.com/2014/05/the-limits-of-lasers-missile-defense-at-speed-of-light/ http://breakingdefense.com/2015/08/return-of-the-abl-missile-defense-agency-works-on-laser-drone/ Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dauntless_bomb_drop.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trident_II_missile_image.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tomahawk_Block_IV_cruise_missile.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldsboro_Mk_39_Bomb_1-close-up.jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%82%8A%E3%82%85%E3%81%86%E5%9E%8B%E6%BD%9C%E6%B0%B4%E8%89%A6.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YAL-1A_Airborne_Laser_unstowed_crop.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Military_laser_experiment.jpg