US planned to nuke the moon in response to Sputnik
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[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;38602902]I think this would of started a "hot" war because Russia might of mistook this as a failed attack.
If my enemy was dick waving their nukes, preparing DEW defense lines, trying to remove my nukes, and launching nukes at the moon for no specified reason I would of probably see this as an attack.[/QUOTE]
I don't know dude, I think it'd be pretty hard to fuck up badly enough to try to nuke russia and accidentally hit the moon instead.
What if the missile missed the moon, went round it and was projected back towards the USA?
And people looked at me funny when I told them this. -smirk-
[QUOTE=J-Dude;38602642]Yep, sounds like us alright...[/QUOTE]
Hahaha
[QUOTE=Melkor;38602947]I don't know dude, I think it'd be pretty hard to fuck up badly enough to try to nuke russia and accidentally hit the moon instead.[/QUOTE]
What sounds more likely
America making the decision of nuking the moon, and succeeding.
Or America making the decision to nuke Russia, but their missiles were shit and they ended up hitting the moon.
Ok yeah that doesn't sound likely
[quote]Would Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin even had a moon to walk on if the United States had its way in the 1950s?[/quote]
yes, stupid question.
sounds like the plot to a Michael Bay movie
I'm pretty sure they were just planning on getting rid of the moon Nazis.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;38602902]I think this would of started a "hot" war because Russia might of mistook this as a failed attack.
If my enemy was dick waving their nukes, preparing DEW defense lines, trying to remove my nukes, and launching nukes at the moon for no specified reason I would of probably see this as an attack.[/QUOTE]
you can't miss russia and end up hitting the moon. to launch anything at the moon you have to have intent; the moon is really far away.
1950s are pretty funny
paranoia gave birth to some insane ideas
[QUOTE=Scrimp;38602975]What if the missile missed the moon, went round it and was projected back towards the USA?[/QUOTE]
They will blame Cuba
[QUOTE=Melkor;38602722]It was the 1950's. People were fucking crazy back then.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention McCarthyism and his Witch-Hunt for Russians then. The US Gov was on the fritz then.
Were everyone tripping their asses off on strong psychedelic drugs back then?
Sounds like an idea some high-rank general got while on a bad acid trip.
[QUOTE=Van-man;38603079]Were everyone tripping their asses off on strong psychedelic drugs back then?
Sounds like an idea some high-rank general got while on a bad acid trip.[/QUOTE]
Nah, that was a decade later.
Welcome to America! Have a complimentary American-made AK47 and an American-made nuke!
Yeah blowing up the moon!
Take that Russia!!
[QUOTE=GeneralMoosen;38603252]Yeah blowing up the moon!
Take that Russia!![/QUOTE]
The Russians would respond by painting a giant hammer and sickle onto it.
[QUOTE=Alcoholocaust;38603533]The Russians would respond by painting a giant hammer and sickle onto it.[/QUOTE]
are you kidding
they'd steal our rockets, fly up to the moon, paint it pink and draw a Lenin face on it
Moon rocks for everyone!
[QUOTE=lavacano;38603688]are you kidding
they'd steal our rockets, fly up to the moon, paint it pink and draw a Lenin face on it[/QUOTE]
I think you mean red.
Isn't this ancient news?
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;38602716]I have never heard of anything like this.
How high do you have to be to think that is a good idea?[/QUOTE]
356,400 km to 406,700 km high
I have heard of this before, but I thought it was just a silly rumour. I didn't think anyone was stupid enough to launch a nuclear weapon at the fuckin MOON
Detonating a nuclear device on the moon because your geopolitical rival put a metal beachball in space seems like a disproportionate response.
[QUOTE=lavacano;38603688]are you kidding
they'd steal our rockets, fly up to the moon, paint it pink and draw a Lenin face on it[/QUOTE]
I was going to say this sounds like something out of Fallout.
Nukes: The cause of, and solution to, all of 1950s America's Problems.
[QUOTE=GeneralMoosen;38603733]I think you mean red.[/QUOTE]
Those pinko commies painting our moon red.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;38603857]Detonating a nuclear device on the moon because your geopolitical rival put a metal beachball in space seems like a disproportionate response.[/QUOTE]
I recall it was pretty much for boosting moral of the american people, but they felt that putting a man on the moon was a better and more peaceful idea.
Soviet Russia also had the same idea and wanted to try and detonate it during an eclipse or something like that.
reminded me of this
[IMG]http://zs1.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090520.gif[/IMG]
at least they didn't try to bring the moon to the US
[video=youtube;bZIgda01k6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIgda01k6o[/video]
[editline]26th November 2012[/editline]
that would have been silly
What a waste of cheese
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