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    Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?

    Three of the Greediest Planet-Eating Bastards Ever Created
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/09/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    Perimeter actually works to make an unintentional nuclear launch less likely, not more. The article makes this quite clear. It isn't a "Doomsday Device", it's a safeguard against human error. That's why it wasn't publicized; it was never intended as a deterrent.

    We already know that in one instance, the Soviet military was, indeed, level-headed enough. It would take a huge chain of coincidence to cause the Perimeter system to fail and false-launch.
    -Kle.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/09/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: Ding! Nail = Head. Seems we have a winner here. Not to mention that it is NOT ACTIVATED at all, but rather turned off all the time. The only time it is ever activated is if their radar outposts tells them a ballistic nuke is incoming.

    And last time I checked neither terrorists attack nor earthquakes are usually preceded by ballistic missiles...
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    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    well if everybody dies we can all end up in heaven, or for muslim men, those 72 virgins await for killing all of those infidels!
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    Image of kolacek kolacek
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    All of that in 1984?

    And still they detained my mother for toilet paper in her suitcase. The government budget savings from confiscating that stuff must have been amazing.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/08/09

    @kolacek: Some customs dude probably just wanted to wipe his ass with something that didn't feel like tree bark for a change.
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    Image of kolacek kolacek
    10/10/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I've told you I love you, right?

    :)
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    "The really interesting part is that Perimeter wasn't a deterrent — nobody in the U.S. government ever knew the Soviets had built the thing"

    So Doctor Strangelove was historically accurate

    Live and see...
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    Image of Jester21 Jester21
    10/08/09

    @Dirk Anger: That always seemed like the strangest part of the movie. I couldn't figure out why they kept it a secret when it so obviously seemed to be the end-all-be-all of deterrents. I guess this (sorta) answers that question.
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    Dirk Anger promoted this comment Jester21 was starred Jester21 was unstarred
    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/09/09

    @Jester21: That was not strange, it was just a totally ridiculous thing, because it was completely and obviously stupid to keep it secret, since it's the "end-all-be-all of deterrents".

    What IS strange is that real people is crazed enough to actually do it, and that that people has been in a position of power that's high enough to execute that project without nobody shutting them down
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    Image of Anekanta - Space Hippy! Anekanta - Space Hippy!
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    In Soviet Russia, apocalypse brings you!
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    Image of Pegritz Pegritz
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    Would you like to play a game?
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/08/09

    @Pegritz: tic-tac-toe?
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    10/08/09

    @Dirk Anger: How about a game of chess?
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/09/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: I'd rather play a nice and relaxing Global Thermonuclear War game
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    Image of Post-Nuked Post-Nuked
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    I will take this as proof that the Russians are still out to to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/08/09

    @Post-Nuked: Gentlemen, we have a doomsday gap!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    10/08/09

    @Post-Nuked: *opens up safe to get cowboy hat*
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?

    What's next? The USAF perfected a nuclear bomb you can ride on?
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    Geez, talk about your sleeper cell.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    The Doomsday Machine from Star Trek is still deactivated, though, right?
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/08/09

    @cletar: I hope so.It could eat up our planet in moments
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    Image of Fwiffo Fwiffo
    10/08/09

    @cletar: Don't worry, when Galactus and Unicron became life partners they bought it from the pound.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/08/09

    In reply to Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
    Safeguards eh?

    Judging by Russia today, those safeguards have been dismantled for scrap and sold for pairs of American jeans, and 9mm pistols.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    10/08/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Are you suggesting that Vladimir Putin -- former spy and procurer of nuclear poisonings and other assassinations -- doesn't have public safety foremost in his thoughts each and every day?

    I bid you good day, sir.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/08/09

    @Rasselas: He sold his thoughts to a ruthless gangster billionaire oligarch. Along with Gazprom.
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