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more about #device VimalCachu: We cannot allow a mineshaft gap!!! more » InsertBullets: 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 some... more » bobdobbs: Let's not ignore the fact that these things would be lucky to get three feet into the air before exploding. more » UnderLoK: Now you all know why I have so much free time to spend around. more » Strega07: Russian stuff always looks like crappy stuff you would see in a road side display of junk we had in the 70’s. more » Hiphopopotamus: While they will probably live with a lifetime of remorse and doubt should the moment every come, I would venture that Anachronistic-Red-Button-Decisio... more » monoverb: All I can think of here... more » Kaiser-Machead: The explanation from an actual Russian engineer is much better than this. Eet go op! *makes falling whistle noise - POW* then eet com down! more » JoshuaDiomedes: Thankfully the dude in the underground bunker is surrounded by women, vodka, and a constant stream of bacon to keep him happy more » IndiaZefron: Thankfully the dude in the underground bunker is surrounded by women, vodka, and a constant stream of bacon to keep him happy more » technophile: 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 ... more » dimsum4u: 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... more » Coolmodo: As mentioned already, such articles suffer from "overhype syndrome". While it's cool to read about such systems, and perhaps it brings to mind scene... more » AraFox: 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 det... more » Heliophage: 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 ge... more » Xndingo: is russia in europe?cause i wanna know if it's included in the peace treaty that was made for all europe that if a war started then all the countries ... more » BethesdaBizzert: There is tons of evidence 9/11 was staged. Survivors in the towers reported a huge explosion in the basement area. How do demolition experts demo a bu... more » mschex: lets hope this system does not become self-aware more » avconsumer2: Odd. So it's completely based on revenge? That does seem pretty archaic. more » Johnny Asteroid: Jesus, you are cute, you think the Humanity lives in US soil. I understand that the USSR thought of the US as the enemy, and that's why they came up ... more » -
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How a Soviet Doomsday Master Missile Looks and Works
Yesterday we learnt that the Soviets still have a working doomsday system in place. This is an SS-17 ICBM master missile, which are launched first. Once they are in the skies, they activate the launch for all the Russian nukes. More » -
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Get Nervous: Rusty Soviet Doomsday System Still Turned On
Wired Magazine has a fascinating article on the doomsday system that was built by the Soviets 25 years ago. It was designed to obliterate the US no matter what happened to the USSR—and it still works today. Shiver. More »
