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* Real life averted: late-70s tinfoil hatter "Dr." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Beter Peter Beter] (believe it or not, his real name) entertained many fantasies about Soviet technology, including the existence of "cosmospheres", which were apparently large, blimp-like spacecraft. His, er, theories were carried into the 1990s by noted Usenet kook Robert [[Mc Elwaine]]. |
* Real life averted: late-70s tinfoil hatter "Dr." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Beter Peter Beter] (believe it or not, his real name) entertained many fantasies about Soviet technology, including the existence of "cosmospheres", which were apparently large, blimp-like spacecraft. His, er, theories were carried into the 1990s by noted Usenet kook Robert [[Mc Elwaine]]. |
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* Subversion. A lot of Russia's best technology has never been super-science, but [[Boring but Practical]]. The T-34 tank is considered by some to have been the best of [[World War II]] and Soviet small arms have long been quite good. On the less bellicose side, Russia makes some pretty good bush planes and similar heavy weather equipment. |
* Subversion. A lot of Russia's best technology has never been super-science, but [[Boring but Practical]]. The T-34 tank is considered by some to have been the best of [[World War II]] and Soviet small arms have long been quite good. On the less bellicose side, Russia makes some pretty good bush planes and similar heavy weather equipment. |
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* The Soviet Union built an allegedly |
* The Soviet Union built an allegedly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_%28nuclear_war%29 automated nuclear retaliatory system] (though opinions differ if it's fully automated), which the Russian Federation apparently still maintains. |
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