ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION
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1960 ... mixin' it up with The Mix!
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... notice there is no mention of Polaris Ballistic Missile Submarines? They won't come on duty till next year (1961). Instead of a ...
1980 ... ballpoint pens keep the Peace!
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... from those patriotic warhawk fellows at the 'National Lampoon'. They hit the nose on the button! There isn't a male Boomer ...
1957 ... giant man steals radar!
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1960 ... putting the 'A' in M.A.D.
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As Dr. Strangelove would have pointed out; the insane logic of Mutually Assured Destruction* relies on the 'Assurance' that if ther...
1967 ... suckin' that JP-7 !
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... painted by master illustrator Keith Ferris and brought to us by the wonderfully cranky host of 'Up-ship' https://up-ship.com/b...
1950 ... 'Uncle Joe' becomes the stuff of nightmares!
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The Soviet Union was always a scary place. Lot's of violence and blood. Lot's of murder in the name of utopia. But the dictatorship ...
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... Git-R-Done!
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Soviet workers utilize a leftover Mig-15 fighter jet to clear snow from railroad tracks near Moscow. My Eastern Bloc friends would heartil...
1958 ... double '6's
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...brought into service 1958-59 two seat F-106B Convair 'Delta Dart'. wiki all images - Right Click - Open in New Window or Tab ...
... Hollywood blows up the world again (almost)!
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Look at modern mythology and the blending of myth and fact. The specter of nuclear war has to be the most dark, and ominous theme. Before ...
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1952 ... Avro 'Vulcan' UK
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LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-history-of-the-avro-vulcan-bomber all images - Righ...
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1952 ... 'Song of the End of the World'
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Take a LISTEN.. no doubt this is the most eerie sound ever devised by man. Even today, when they test the 'tornado sirens' I still ...
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Face of the Cold War ... Korean War
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all images - Right Click - Open in New Window or Tab = super size!
1959 ... 'Fallout: When and How to Protect Yourself'
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... time to put some popcorn on the 'ol uranium cooker! A lot of these Cold War education films felt obligated to scare everyone into ...
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1950 ... "can anything be done?"
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illustration by Chesley Bonestell (LINK)
... J. Robert Oppenheimer (cartoon)
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... it seems that the mysterious 'J' at the front of his name actually stood for Julius. When asked about it he would laugh and tea...
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... A Tour of Atomic New Mexico (NYTimes)
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Fun little number from the Travel Desk of the New York Times... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/travel/new-mexico-atomic.html?smid=url-s...
1979 ... F - 5G 'Tigershark'
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1950's ... gleam with Rheem!
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all images - Right Click - Open in New Window or Tab = super size!
1954 ... XB-68 Douglas
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LINK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_XB-68
1962 ... 'The Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis'
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okay- so it's not the complete story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, but it's at least the 1st of what may be 3 reels. Great stuff i...
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