Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact
Young folks today just don't believe how downright surreal (and scary) the cold war was to live through.Look, just read this wikipedia entry about the British Blue Peacock nuclear device, and boggle:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_PeacockYes. It's a chicken-heated atomic landmine. Not a joke: it was a Real Thing.And so was this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_%28nuclear_device...The M-29 Davy Crockett tactical nuclear recoilless rifle. (Jeep-mounted, no PALs, the rocket's flight range was less than its lethal radius of effect: the crew were supposed to fire it over a hill then dive under their jeep for cover.)People not only imagined these things, they built them and deployed them in the stone-cold expectation of using them in anger.