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Sep 26, 2009 · RAZ: It was a system designed to unleash global nuclear Armageddon if Russia were attacked. Now, in 1964, that concept was a movie fantasy. What few knew until recently is that in 1984, the...
The device cannot be deactivated, as it is programmed to explode if any such attempt is made. The president's German scientific adviser, the paraplegic former Nazi Dr. Strangelove, points out that such a doomsday machine would only have been an effective deterrent if everyone knew about it; de Sadeski replies that Kissov had planned to reveal its existence to the world the following week at ...
In the film, American leaders are unable to reverse the fictional General Jack D. Ripper’s order to bomb Russia. Russian leaders, meanwhile, can’t deactivate their “doomsday machine,” a giant bomb that automatically explodes when incoming missiles are detected.
Aug 1, 2016 · It was a common trope in the 60s that a camera could be hidden in a watch or similar small object. Note the shutter click noise when he pushes the lever, and then turns the knob to advance the film. I found some discussion on The Straight Dope Message Board as to why he would do that.
I had always assumed that the "doomsday device" described in Dr. Strangelove was a satirical joke. After all, it sounds preposterous, and I had no idea that cobalt had any relation whatsoever to thermonuclear weapons. This is how the weapon is described:
Jan 19, 2022 · One of the general’s B-52 bombers strikes a target in the USSR—only to set off a Soviet “doomsday device” that detonates bombs all over the world. (“It is not a thing a sane man would do ...
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Sep 7, 2007 · The Soviet doomsday device -- a giant cobalt bomb rigged to explode were Russia ever nuked, rendering the earth's surface uninhabitable -- gained fictional fame in Dr. Strangelove.