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** Crimson Dynamo is a Soviet scientist who invents an armored suit which also allows to control electricity. |
** Crimson Dynamo is a Soviet scientist who invents an armored suit which also allows to control electricity. |
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** Soviet scientists trying to get a leg up on American engineering with bizarre creations like Mongu and the Titanium Man formed the glut of [[Iron Man]]'s original rogue's gallery. |
** Soviet scientists trying to get a leg up on American engineering with bizarre creations like Mongu and the Titanium Man formed the glut of [[Iron Man]]'s original rogue's gallery. |
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** The very first opponent [[Incredible Hulk |
** The very first opponent [[Incredible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]] fought (other than the US Army), was "The Gargoyle", a Soviet scientist warped into a deformed, large-headed, super-intelligent dwarf by exposure to radiation. His son, "The Gremlin", was almost identical in looks and abilities and, among other things, created the high-tech gear (including [[Powered Armor]]) used by the Soviet Super-Troopers (precursors to the Soviet Super-Soldiers). |
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** The [[Ultimate Universe]] series "Ultimate Nightmare" took place almost entirely in a complex dedicated to this. |
** The [[Ultimate Universe]] series "Ultimate Nightmare" took place almost entirely in a complex dedicated to this. |
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* ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'': In "SOS Meteors", it's revealed that the Soviet Bloc has developed weather control technology, which it uses to destabilize the climate of Western Europe in order to prepare for a military invasion. Why the Soviets didn't instead use it to improve their own weather is anyone's guess. |
* ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'': In "SOS Meteors", it's revealed that the Soviet Bloc has developed weather control technology, which it uses to destabilize the climate of Western Europe in order to prepare for a military invasion. Why the Soviets didn't instead use it to improve their own weather is anyone's guess. |
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* Real life averted: late-70s tinfoil hatter "Dr." [[wikipedia: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." [[wikipedia: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 [[wikipedia:Dead Hand |
* The Soviet Union built an allegedly [[wikipedia:Dead Hand (nuclear war)|automated nuclear retaliatory system]] (though opinions differ if it's fully automated), which the Russian Federation apparently still maintains. |
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