... hard to figure out just what is going on in this 1956 sci-fi illustration- except it's a bad day for the USA!
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1964 ... "Dr. Strangelove"
... as President Merken Muffley (Peter Sellars) listens to his advisers; a crew member aboard Major Kong's B-52 proceeds toward target in the Soviet Union.
1959 ... more cities underground!
... more great stuff from our buddies at Atomic Skies! A university study from the late nineteen fifty's about the need for America to start building new cities underground. For the complete article go HERE.
... Army supplies the DEW Line "The Big Picture"
... love these "Big Picture" documentaries. Can't get anymore serious and heartfelt than a Master Sergent with a pencil-mustache!
1961 ... Riens Of Command
... cool! Old Jimmy "Dutch Holland" Stewart hosts a look at vacuum tube era super-communications needed to fight, and win, an Atomic War!
1962 ... beauties and Nike Hercules
... we have to wonder if this Nike Hercules anti-aircraft missile has it's standard 20 kiloton atomic warhead onboard?
1958 ... Atlas ICBM
... test of the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at Cape Canaveral Florida.
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1958 ... Umbrella Shot: Operation Hardtack
... 9 kiloton detonation in shallow water to test various effects for nuclear armed torpedoes and anti-ship mines.
1956 ... missile motor oil?
... hey- if linking your motor-oil to nuclear war makes more money- go for it!
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1958 ... early 'payload' nose - Atlas
... various shapes were tried for nose-cones holding the nuclear warhead of early ICBM missiles. This is an early Atlas configuration with the 'bomb' riding and nestled behind this semi blunt cone shape.
1953 ... chilling terror!
...'Collier's' magazine seemed to be especially good at scaring the snot out of it's readers over the Soviet threat and impending end of the world. This cover article is about nerve-gas.
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