Nuclear Historian Explains Nuclear War: Secrets & Surprising Facts 🔥

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki targeted at the end of World War II? What happens to someone's body in an atomic bomb explosion? How does radiation work? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on Nuclear Science Support.

Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Paul Tael
Expert: Alex Wellerstein
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Arielle Baron
Casting Producer: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Camera Operator: Lauren Pruitt
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward