Comments on: Is Russia’s Doomsday Bomb Still Operational?

By: Shurik

Shurik — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:37:28 +0000

Eli, while I am happy you read Englishrussia, it is very funny blog sometimes, you cannot honestly get your facts from there. A bunch of old migs and T34s, I don’t think the reason they are grounded is because of a lack of parts, it has something to do with them being 50 years old.

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:13:23 +0000

So yopur saying this isn’t propaganda, like Reagan’s “Star Wars” foolishness?

By: Anon of Ibid

Anon of Ibid — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:03:30 +0000

Wouldn’t trying to turn it off actually trigger it?

By: Masha

Masha — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:33:50 +0000

As a Russian who actually knows about the crappy state of the government, the bureaucracy, and the lack of money, I find this panickiness about Russians having horrible weapons and evilly planning to use them someday hilarious.

By: ernest

ernest — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:33:30 +0000

peace through hippies

By: ted

ted — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:04:24 +0000

Justin, at least you didn’t find the definition Female Urinary Device. That might have given you even more uncertainty.

By: Eli

Eli — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:57:22 +0000

Have you seen the state of Russia’s entire military machine lately? Most of their planes are grounded for lack of maintenance and parts, the bulk of their fleet of surface ships and submarines are rusting in harbors or abandoned, scuttled or scrapped, and there’s no reason to believe that this system, assuming that it ever existed, would be in any better shape.
Here’s an example of what is now left of one of their bases: http://englishrussia.com/?p=1910#more-1910

Need I say more?

By: Kalel

Kalel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:38:07 +0000

This from the nation that created the Lada.

By: blahh

blahh — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:05:06 +0000

It wasn’t a weapon it was an automatic retaliation system if they where attacked first…..

By: mu

mu — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:37:04 +0000

What’s the point of having the most powerful weapon if you don’t tell anyone about it?
– Dr. Strangelove

By: C.S. Magor

C.S. Magor — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:12:45 +0000

Like 4thirty said, it isn’t a bomb, it is a system and a smart one, designed to let cooler heads prevail in times of crisis. In the event of nuclear attack, authority to launch is passed to whomever is on standby in the system. If Russia gets wiped out, they get vengeance.

In theory it could save a false alarm from causing a nuclear holocaust.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:18:18 +0000

FUD: Fear Uncertainty and Doubt. (ya I googled it!)

By: ted

ted — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:13:29 +0000

It’s like Saddam’s WMDs. It’s all smoke and mirrors. I agree with Grease Monkey – FUD.

By: FishBottleT

FishBottleT — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:44:58 +0000

scary stuff

By: Grease Monkey

Grease Monkey — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:30:11 +0000

The Dead Hand could have been FUD created by the Soviets to make the west fear them. Or it may have been FUD created by the west in order to make it’s own people fear the soviet bloc and thus support their own government’s war mongering. Either way it never existed.

The idea that the soviets had technology decades ago that the west still don’t have today is frankly ridiculous.

By: 4thirty

4thirty — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:37:14 +0000

the dead hand isnt a bomb. its a system that would automaticly fire their warheads incase they were attacked first.

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:37:43 +0000

Totally automatic ‘ey? Can destroy humanity ‘ey?

Well lets hope there is no such thing as Czarnet.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:36:44 +0000

A deterrent that nobody knows of? Makes me kind of suspicious but then again the Soviets weren’t exactly the type of folks who thought things out and the consequences of their actions.

Might I add: Fire ze missiles!

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:57:15 +0000

I wonder why we haven’t heard of this threat before. Interesting.