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The USSR Built an Automated Doomsday Device During the Cold War. It Could Still Kill Us All.

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The USSR Built an Automated Doomsday Device During the Cold War. It Could Still Kill Us All.

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  • currentsapi-gapfill(Mixed)By Michael Natale

    - A 2025 confrontation between President Trump and Russian official Dmitri Medvedev over Ukraine escalated when Medvedev invoked ā€œDead Hand,ā€ a Soviet doomsday system designed to launch nuclear retaliation even if all leadership was destroyed. - The Soviet Union built ā€œPerimeter,…

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