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Newly declassified Tsar Bomba footage

Posted: 29 Aug 2020, 01:47
by XidiouX
And her hallway...


Re: Newly declassified Tsar Bomba footage

Posted: 29 Aug 2020, 06:27
by Swinnow
The old "tractor factory sets new production record" newsreels used to present a far cuddlier picture of the Soviet bloc.

Re: Newly declassified Tsar Bomba footage

Posted: 29 Aug 2020, 15:05
by XidiouX
Apparently the parachute borked the Soviet nylon industry. Perhaps this says more about the state of that industry than the size of the parachute. There's an old CIA saying that the Russians would be unable to smuggle a suitcase nuke into the US because they would be unable to construct a functioning suitcase.

Re: Newly declassified Tsar Bomba footage

Posted: 30 Aug 2020, 02:09
by zaltys7
XidiouX wrote: 29 Aug 2020, 15:05 Apparently the parachute borked the Soviet nylon industry. Perhaps this says more about the state of that industry than the size of the parachute. There's an old CIA saying that the Russians would be unable to smuggle a suitcase nuke into the US because they would be unable to construct a functioning suitcase.
Well that made me have a good f**king laugh! Thanks :notworthy:

Re: Newly declassified Tsar Bomba footage

Posted: 30 Aug 2020, 11:12
by Planet Dave
Saw this footage the other day - very interesting viewing, there's some crazy people with crazy notions out there. I rather 'like' this nuke, it had the good grace not to be dropped on any Japanese cities.

Re: Newly declassified Tsar Bomba footage

Posted: 31 Aug 2020, 22:29
by Bartek
Luckily, now more than ever disinformation is a weapon of mass destruction. Plus, our tribal wars are televised.

Seeing fragments of that doc, it was hard not to think of Dr. Stangelove with end credit song.