Russia's 'Doomsday Machine' Still Ready for Action


	Russia's 'Doomsday Machine' Still Ready for Action

smellydiaper

10-8-2009 6:26 PM

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read full article....this is some scary stuff.

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It's supposed to be the stuff of science fiction: A device that triggers a <A target="external" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2802009&page=1#">nuclear holocaust</A> in the event of a U.S. strike against Russia.
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But the "Dr. Strangelove"-esque technology isn't just fantasy. The <A target="external" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7987015">Cold War-era</A> Soviet "doomsday machine" was -- and might still be -- very much a reality.
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When triggered by an elaborate system of sensors placed around Russia, the program was designed to launch a fleet of missiles at major targets across the U.S. Some experts estimate that a Russian counter-strike could have killed more than one hundred million Americans.
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The top-secret Russian program, he continued, virtually guaranteed the ability to strike back, even if the entire chain of command had been wiped out.
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