In this episode, we are still unaware of what the other half of the battle is, but we do know some things about the 2013 action movie, G.I. Joe: Retaliation. How can a villain trick the world into global nuclear disarmament? Does the U.S. military really have plans to steal Pakistan's nuclear weapons? Does The Rock action figure come with a kung-fu grip? We answer these questions and more.
If you don't want to watch the full movie, you can watch these key scenes on YouTube ("Might be a better option than the whole movie."-Tim):
-The Atomic Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tGCDeOi2o
-Project Zeus Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrA-vPOGVQ
-Pakistan's Nukes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4UwbdmTQik
Before we parachute out of our exploding helicopter, we recommend reading Richard Garwin's paper on "Space Weapons: Not Yet" presented atPugwash Meeting No. 283 on May 14, 2003 (http://fas.org/rlg/030522-space.pdf)and Jeffrey Goldberg and Marc Ambinder's article on "The Pentagon's Secret Plans to Secure Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal" in The National Journal from 2011 (http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/the-pentagons-secret-plans-to-secure-pakistans-nuclear-arsenal/)
Other sources to check out include:
"The Rock Knew About Osama Bin Laden's Death Before You," The Village Voice, May 2, 2011, http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-rock-knew-about-osama-bin-ladens-death-before-you-who-knew-what-when-6720191
-Rob Lammie, "Brief History of G.I. Joe American Hero," Mental Floss, July 4, 2015, http://mentalfloss.com/article/62636/history-gi-joe-real-american-hero
-"GI Joe Retaliation Tungsten Rod Drop," Reel Physics, May 21, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYOc8b776E
-Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Q&A Podcast, February 20, 2016, http://www.theqandapodcast.com/2016/02/deadpool-q.html
-Eric Adams, "Rods from God," Popular Science, June 1, 2004, http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god
-Colin Johnston, "Rods from God: A Terrifying Space Weapon?," Astronotes, September 27, 2010, http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/rods-from-god-a-terrifying-space-weapon.html
-Space Weapons, Earth Wars, a RAND Study prepared for the USAF in 2002 by Bob Preston, Dana Johnson, Sean Edwards, Michael Miller, Calvin Shipbaugh, www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/p…11/RAND_MR1209.pdf
-"Fallout Poster," Civil Defense Museum, http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/artgal/youcan.html
-War Plan Red, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
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