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Annie Jacobsen: prediction

6 Aug 2025 Conversations with Tyler Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Intelligence Operations, and Conspiracy Realities

“Tyler, I take readers from nuclear launch to nuclear winter, and it happens in 72 minutes. That’s because the former commander of Stratcom, General Kehler — when I asked him what would happen in a full-scale nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States, he said to me, “Annie, the world could end in the next couple of hours.”

— Annie Jacobsen

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Annie Jacobsen
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6 Aug 2025
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Sure, but you could have an angry, rebellious general. He controls a few nukes; he sends them toward Delhi. These things can happen, as you point out, right? Yes. I don’t point that out in my book, but yes, I would agree with you that such things could happen. Very specifically, in Nuclear War: A Scenario, I don’t get involved with geopolitics. Tyler, I take readers from nuclear launch to nuclear winter, and it happens in 72 minutes. That’s because the former commander of Stratcom, General Kehler — when I asked him what would happen in a full-scale nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States, he said to me, “Annie, the world could end in the next couple of hours. ” That is my focus when I think about and talk about nuclear war. But there are scenarios that last longer than 72 minutes, and presumably, you’ve thought about those.…

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