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We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry
of vast proportions, the acquisition
of unwarranted influence by the military industrial complex. [ominous music playing] Joan: The arms race
was a complete farce at the expense
of the American people. The American military
perpetrated this notion of parity, that we had
to keep up with the Russians, we had to outstrip them, we had to make more bombs
than they did. But the fact is, if the United States
had 100 atomic bombs, and the Soviets
had 110 atomic bombs, the deterrent effect
would still hold. One bomb was enough
to cause a world catastrophe
of vast proportions, the acquisition
of unwarranted influence by the military industrial complex. [ominous music playing] Joan: The arms race
was a complete farce at the expense
of the American people. The American military
perpetrated this notion of parity, that we had
to keep up with the Russians, we had to outstrip them, we had to make more bombs
than they did. But the fact is, if the United States
had 100 atomic bombs, and the Soviets
had 110 atomic bombs, the deterrent effect
would still hold. One bomb was enough
to cause a world catastrophe
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We have been compelled to create
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a permanent armaments industry
of vast proportions,
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the acquisition
of unwarranted influence
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by the military industrial complex.
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[ominous music playing]
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Joan: The arms race
was a complete farce
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at the expense
of the American people.
00:00:19.845 --> 00:00:22.935
The American military
perpetrated this notion
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of parity, that we had
to keep up with the Russians,
00:00:25.059 --> 00:00:27.157
we had to outstrip them,
00:00:27.418 --> 00:00:29.333
we had to make more bombs
than they did. But the fact is,
00:00:29.768 --> 00:00:32.292
if the United States
had 100 atomic bombs,
00:00:32.466 --> 00:00:35.556
and the Soviets
had 110 atomic bombs,
00:00:35.948 --> 00:00:37.863
the deterrent effect
would still hold.
00:00:38.864 --> 00:00:42.128
One bomb was enough
to cause a world catastrophe.
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Movie Summary
The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.
