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    How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works

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    Image of VimalCachu VimalCachu
    09/25/09

    In reply to Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
    We cannot allow a mineshaft gap!!!
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    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    What's the big deal, That red button was made in the heyday of USSR "quality". If he presses it all that will happen is a lightblub will turn off somewhere in siberia.
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    Let's not ignore the fact that these things would be lucky to get three feet into the air before exploding.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    Now you all know why I have so much free time to spend around.
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    Image of Strega07 Strega07
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    Russian stuff always looks like crappy stuff you would see in a road side display of junk we had in the 70’s.
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    09/25/09

    @Strega07: It's because they're not nearly as concerned about the cosmetics of their army as the USA. Their GDP is half of France's, a tenth of America's, and yet they have the biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world, along with the strongest army.

    While I don't agree with pumping the majority of a nations money into defense, many nations do it (including the USA). Russia is way ahead of any other nation considering their GDP. Personally I think they need to get their priorities straight and learn how to take care of their people better.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    While they will probably live with a lifetime of remorse and doubt should the moment every come, I would venture that Anachronistic-Red-Button-Decision-Maker is probably the sweetest job in the Russian army.
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    09/25/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: Silver-lining... VERY BRIEF lifetime of remorse and doubt.
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    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    All I can think of here...
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    09/25/09


    @monoverb:
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    The explanation from an actual Russian engineer is much better than this.

    Eet go op! *makes falling whistle noise - POW* then eet com down!
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    Image of JoshuaDiomedes JoshuaDiomedes
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    Thankfully the dude in the underground bunker is surrounded by women, vodka, and a constant stream of bacon to keep him happy
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    09/25/09

    @JoshuaDiomedes: Ugh, but it's tactical bacon.
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    09/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: i.e. the pre-cooked, irradiated and hermetically sealed stuff you can keep indefinitely at room temperature, it tastes like salty shoe-leather...
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    Image of IndiaZefron IndiaZefron
    09/25/09

    In reply to How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
    Thankfully the dude in the underground bunker is surrounded by women, vodka, and a constant stream of bacon to keep him happy
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    09/25/09

    @IndiaZefron:

    erm.... did that guy above you just copy your post?
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    09/25/09

    @ReconToaster.: Non-approved "guest" comments are assigned random user names. It's the same person trying twice to get the comment up.
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    Image of technophile technophile
    09/24/09

    In reply to Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
    Big whoop-de-fuckin-do. What are they launching? The sold/stolen ICBMs of yesteryear, or the horribly neglected and barely functional ones they still have? If one made it through, I'd be surprised!
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    09/25/09

    @technophile:

    ..... Russia has the second largest stockpile of nukes in the world, and most of their nukes are no older than ours. They are effective nevertheless.
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    Image of Perdido1144 Perdido1144
    09/25/09

    @technophile: 99% failure rate (that's extreme) means we still have two dozen warheads coming our way. If each targets a city the size of , say, Detroit with a 1Mt airburst, that's close to 12 million fatalities, immediately.

    Big whoop-de-fuckin-do.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    09/23/09

    In reply to Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
    What happens if someone else attacks Russia, or Russia has an earthquake? Would the ground based sensors get triggered? I wonder if they keep it up to date even if it is off line.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
    As mentioned already, such articles suffer from "overhype syndrome".

    While it's cool to read about such systems, and perhaps it brings to mind scenes from the movie War Games, reality is not nearly as cool or sensationalist :)
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    Image of AraFox AraFox
    09/23/09

    In reply to Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
    I'm pretty sure we (the US) have a very similar system in place, except I don't think our system waits for the nukes to hit the ground. Our system detects ICBMs incoming and after crossing a certain critical stage launches our ICBMs back at where they came from. This system was developed for the Russians during the cold war but I have no reason to believe its deactivated.
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    09/23/09

    @AraFox: No such system exists. All US launches require launch codes and at least two separate manual authorizations.

    You've been watching too much Wargames... no, WOPR is not a real thing.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/23/09

    In reply to Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
    Welp, better nuke Russia first, to be safe. If theirs accidentally goes off or is triggered by some third party, we may as well be sure that Russia gets wiped out too.
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