Cold War Secrets and stuff

[longbow]

I have a few fun facts.

The Russian Embassy in Washington had a beacon for the nuclear missles to find the city. IF a war started, we would blow up the embassy to force the bombs off course.

Clinton Lost the Nuclear Codes for almost 6 months.

In 1976, we almost agreed to have a military base in Iran with nuclear weapons.

WE let them steal secrets that would waste resources and not help them out. We let them purchase bad titanium with additives that would make it crumble when it was machined.

Several Russian subs had items placed on them by Navy Seals to help locate them. The Russian navy went crazy trying to figure out how they did it. They would find them during routine inspections or in dry dock. Some of them had funny slogans on them.

A massive drill with Nato in 1982 was so realistic to the Russians they almost started WWIII.

There still are two large Russian objects in space they have never told us what they are.

One of the reasons for all the poor quality Russian gear were some of the top engineers were double agents.

 

[Mosinowner]

There still are two large Russian objects in space they have never told us what they are.



One of the reasons for all the poor quality Russian gear were some of the top engineers were double agents.

1:Now I want to know what those objects are!

and 2: That explains so much.

 

[jblomenberg16]

A massive drill with Nato in 1982 was so realistic to the Russians they almost started WWIII.

There was a good documentary on that on either Discovery or The Military channel about a month ago. Sounds like it pretty much had them convinced we were attacking. There were a lot of other coincidental things going on at the time that added to their concern as well.

 

[tenring]

1:Now I want to know what those objects are!

and 2: That explains so much.

Google up Space Based Weapons and read on.

 

[singlestacksig]

Siberian pipeline sabotage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Citations?

 

[Mosinguy]

One of the reasons for all the poor quality Russian gear were some of the top engineers were double agents.

What gear are we talking about here? Most Russian military stuff I've seen is built like two tanks fused together into one massive indestructible tank.

 

[Ted]

Citations?

Truly authoritative citations might tend to be difficult to locate, simply because of the covert nature of such.

 

[45calibre]

I have a few fun facts.

The Russian Embassy in Washington had a beacon for the nuclear missles to find the city. IF a war started, we would blow up the embassy to force the bombs off course.

Clinton Lost the Nuclear Codes for almost 6 months.

In 1976, we almost agreed to have a military base in Iran with nuclear weapons.

WE let them steal secrets that would waste resources and not help them out. We let them purchase bad titanium with additives that would make it crumble when it was machined.

Several Russian subs had items placed on them by Navy Seals to help locate them. The Russian navy went crazy trying to figure out how they did it. They would find them during routine inspections or in dry dock. Some of them had funny slogans on them.

A massive drill with Nato in 1982 was so realistic to the Russians they almost started WWIII.

There still are two large Russian objects in space they have never told us what they are.

One of the reasons for all the poor quality Russian gear were some of the top engineers were double agents.

any more info on the objects in space?

 

[BURNSURVIVOR725]

i can only imagine what a navy seal would write on a sub tracking device!

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I didn't know we had tracking devices on their subs, that's delightful. At least one of our subs was able to open a port while submerged, and we were able to use that to place recording devices on a couple of their communication cables. I'd have to do some digging to find the book I read about that stuff.

 

[Mr. Habib]

Was it this? [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Mans-Bluff-Submarine-Espionage/dp/1891620088"]Blind Man's Bluff[/ame] Very good read.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

That would be the one. My memory for names and titles is spotty at best, thank you.

 

[SmileDocHill]

What gear are we talking about here? Most Russian military stuff I've seen is built like two tanks fused together into one massive indestructible tank.

We are talking about the cold war...those Mosin Nagants of yours are from another era.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

You forgot the time one of our spy subs was discovered by the Russian navy on manuevers and they could not elude them. After a few hours/days the sub had to surface and they thought they would be prisoners but the Russian commander told them thanks for the practice and let them leave back to international waters.

I'll try to find a link later.

 

[Mr. Habib]

That would be the one. My memory for names and titles is spotty at best, thank you.

If you liked that one these are pretty good as well.
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Rogue-Submarines-Nuclear/dp/0743261127]Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.: Kenneth Sewell,Clint Richmond: 9780743261128: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439104549/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0743261127&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=05KWXJHKT4JHH05MX3X1]All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion: Kenneth Sewell,Jerome Preisler: 9781439104545: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]