Moderated by Rigomar A. Thurmer; 00:00 Thurmer starts the session by introducing the subject of the panel and panelists; 02:39 Samuel Cohen begins his discussion. [cataloger’s note: audio very quiet]; 03:25 Cohen begins his discussion again. He talks about the technical uncertainties regarding nuclear winter; 04:45 Cohen talks about the uncertainties with the military if a nuclear winter were to happen; 05:20 Cohen offers his vision of how a nuclear winter would happen if it were to actually happen. He talks about the long term atmospheric effects of nuclear war including a nuclear winter; 08:19 Cohen talks about his experience working with nuclear strategy and a few pointers he knows about the Soviet Union and the United States; 12:52 Cohen talks about chemical and biological weapons that could be used instead of nuclear weapons; 14:25 Cohen briefly talks about military details and weapons. He states that the scientific knowledge regarding nuclear winter is poor; 18:01 Unidentified panelist begins his discussion. He admits he relies on secondary sources in the scientific community to make his opinions; 18:35 Recording cuts to the middle of a conversation of a second unidentified panelist. He talks about the Geneva Conference and disarmament; 19:30 Second unidentified panelist talks about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) controversy and the anti-European nuclear movement; 26:12 Recording cuts out and ends.
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Moderated by Rigomar A. Thurmer; 00:00 Thurmer starts the session by introducing the subject of the panel and panelists; 02:39 Samuel Cohen begins his discussion. [cataloger’s note: audio very quiet]; 03:25 Cohen begins his discussion again. He talks about the technical uncertainties regarding nuclear winter; 04:45 Cohen talks about the uncertainties with the military if a nuclear winter were to happen; 05:20 Cohen offers his vision of how a nuclear winter would happen if it were to actually happen. He talks about the long term atmospheric effects of nuclear war including a nuclear winter; 08:19 Cohen talks about his experience working with nuclear strategy and a few pointers he knows about the Soviet Union and the United States; 12:52 Cohen talks about chemical and biological weapons that could be used instead of nuclear weapons; 14:25 Cohen briefly talks about military details and weapons. He states that the scientific knowledge regarding nuclear winter is poor; 18:01 Unidentified panelist begins his discussion. He admits he relies on secondary sources in the scientific community to make his opinions; 18:35 Recording cuts to the middle of a conversation of a second unidentified panelist. He talks about the Geneva Conference and disarmament; 19:30 Second unidentified panelist talks about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) controversy and the anti-European nuclear movement; 26:12 Recording cuts out and ends.
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