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more about #megaweapons 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 » -
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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 »
