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more about #coldwar Klebert L. Hall: Perimeter actually works to make an unintentional nuclear launch less likely, not more. The article makes this quite clear. It isn't a "Doomsday Devi... more » TheGreenRanger: 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! more » kolacek: 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... more » Dirk Anger: "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 Doc... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: In Soviet Russia, apocalypse brings you! more » Pegritz: Would you like to play a game? more » Post-Nuked: I will take this as proof that the Russians are still out to to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. more » ManchuCandidate: 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 nex... more » Hamslicer: Geez, talk about your sleeper cell. more » cletar: The Doomsday Machine from Star Trek is still deactivated, though, right? more » Pope John Peeps II: Safeguards eh? Judging by Russia today, those safeguards have been dismantled for scrap and sold for pairs of American jeans, and 9mm pistols. more » TheLostVikings: Bobby's shelter from Supernatural would've kicked the collective asses of all these shelters put together. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I cant look at bomb shelters anymore without thinking of that bloody awful film 'Blast form the Past'. Brendan bloody fraiser. What a crock of shit. T... more » BadUncle: Some see "jail cell," while I see "rumpus room." more » stereobot: I would rather eat a bullet than live a few years in those tiny bunkers only to emerge back into a world full of mutant zombies and human/cyborg hybri... more » PrairieGirl: Probably shouldn't have told me where all these awesome zombie bunkers are. When the zombies come, I'm heading straight to one of these places. (May... more » Zombie Peach: Texas...Montana...Utah... Yep, pretty-much the three nutjob capitols of the USA. more » iCurmudgeon: Jail cells in a shelter...what the ...? Why not just toss your prisoners out and let the fallout take care of them? The fewer the people inside, the l... more » hamshank: Does Kung's contain ANYTHING nice at all? We have jail cells and a creepy looking operating theater. Really, the thought occurs that being left outsid... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Hey, I live in Conroe! I wonder if I'd be able to get into the shelter there when the big one hits. more » -
#doomsdaymachine
Russia's Doomsday Machine: Still Activated?
Remember the "Doomsday Machine" from Doctor Strangelove? The Soviets built it in 1984: a device that would automatically launch missile strikes against the United States in the event of an attack on Russia. And it's still active, says Wired Magazine. More » -
#bombshelters
Bomb Shelter Decor for Post-Nuclear Living
In the days of duck-and-cover drills and atomic anxiety, many families bought space in bomb shelters, stocking and decorating their possible nuclear homes. Richard Ross's photographs capture the abandoned shelters and what some families planned to take to the apocalypse. More » -
#ironman2
Our First Description Of Iron Man's Mark IV Suit
Tony Stark looks across a model of the Stark Expo, in a new Iron Man 2 photo. But the workshop surrounding him is also full of clues to the movie's story (and backstory), judging from a set report. Spoilers below! More » -
#retrofuturism
This Could Have Been Our Future
Imagine spending months locked in this Latvian bomb shelter. The banner reads "Without Communciations, There Is No Authority. Without Authority, There Is No Victory!" The shelter, now a museum, has a nuclear-blast-absorbing wall and a huge facility for filtering radiation. More » -
#nuclearespionage
KGB Notebooks Online Reveal the Thoughts of Science Spies
If you like retro-futuristic spy tales, you will be intrigued by this collection of KGB spy notebooks, translated online, created during the height of the Cold War. They're all about stealing science secrets. More » -
#retrofuturism
A Map of Russia’s Defeat and Occupation, 1952-1960
Back in 1951, Colliers magazine went scifi with a special issue devoted to what would happen if the US occupied Russia. They called it the "preview of the war we do not want." More » -
#rocketporn
The Russian Cold War Rocket That Still Does Heavy Lifting
This Russian Proton rocket, looking like something out of a 60s sci-fi novel, launched yesterday from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying one of the largest satellites ever built. Arguably the best heavy boost rocket in the world, the Proton is a Cold War relic that's still a workhorse (despite some recent failures) more than forty years after the first one was launched. How did this rocket, one of the deadliest weapons ever created, end up helping North Americans watch European football matches via satellite? More » -
