Below is a transcript segment from WBAI News’ interview with EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh. You can also watch the interview on Youtube here.

“I don’t know if people understand the severity of nuclear war.

The understanding that there are about ten thousand nuclear weapons all told in this world.

It would only take about 1% of those nuclear weapons to kill billions…

We have, in the American military and the American government, people who think that they could use nuclear weapons and win a nuclear war. They call them ‘usable’ nuclear weapons.”

Listen to the full interview here. Watch it on Youtube here.

There are about ten thousand nuclear weapons…in this world. It would only take about 1% of those to kill billions.

Matthew Hoh