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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Still more reasonable than Project Pluto. I can't believe how far we got in that particular mistake.

ETA the x-ray lasers were only a part of it. They were throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what stuck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you seen the nuclear ramjet submarine? Like project Pluto but even less sane https://youtu.be/CDLOXv3yN3A?si=B9X1pUA5VYktvxNl

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ok it's official. You had to be clinically insane, and think like a bond villain to work for the nuclear commission in the 50s

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the CIA still messing around with psychics?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Probably.... Does anyone know what the CIA is currently doing?