The tactical nuke returned as the top killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the 2019 reboot developed by Infinity Ward. Earning it required 30 kills without dying and instantly ended the match for the player who called it in. Clips of the countdown spread through Warzone and multiplayer videos, where creators borrowed the alarm as a universal signal for unavoidable disaster. It sits alongside other shooter voice lines like bomb has been planted and enemy spotted that gamers instantly recognise even outside a match.