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A list of “most insane” types of weapons of the Cold War era

Business Insider magazine has published a list of the most unusual - in the opinion of the journalists - military projects of the Cold War period,. atomic tank, a giant winged, "Rod of Gd": scientists do not hesitate to propose and implement bold and bright ideas.

Составлен список "самых безумных" types of weapons of the Cold War era

The Cold War is a period, which became a golden era for the development of weapons. Many of the most strange and bizarre samples saw the light. Some of them were bright and unusual concepts. As the newspaper writes, The US Army was open to any idea, which it was able to destroy or drive into a corner of the USSR Armed Forces.

Top 6 crazy inventions of the Cold War

The publication Business Insider has compiled a list of the six most strange and bizarre samples of weapons of the Cold War era. And the first in the list is a project of the British nuclear mines Blue Peacock. Landmines are dangerous for several reasons. At first, they, of course, hidden from view. And no one knows, where they are installed, until it is too late. But in the case of Blue Peacock it is "too late" could be accompanied by a burst of power 8-10 kilotonn.

anticipated, that the mine would be a weapon, able to contain a potential Soviet invasion of Britain in the event of World War III. Problem was that, it is a weapon of retaliation (timer has been set it on 8 days) could not cope with the low temperatures. To solve this problem, mine were going to wrap up warm with blankets or warm bodies live chickens.

Second on the list is awkward and bulky tank Chrysler TV-8. Its special feature is, in that the motor used therein nuclear reactor. The tank was half the weight of the modern "Abrams", Total 25 tonnes, and had powerful weapons: in addition to the gun on him 30-millimeter and 50-millimeter guns on the remote control have been installed.

The magazine highlighted the project and "Orion", in which for the spacecraft and interplanetary missions movement was supposed to be used controlled nuclear explosions. Project «Thor» – number four. He was supposed to provide a destructive force, comparable in power with nuclear weapons – and not carrying the negative effects of its application.

Fifth in the list are "Pluton" programs – supersonic drone again, on the nuclear-powered. reaching the goal, the device was reset waste from the reactor directly to the opponent's head.

And finally the last in the list is the Soviet WIG, which the, in contrast to the USSR Western countries have been able to build. celebrated, The car could be transported 900 tons of cargo. anticipated, that he was at a high speed can deliver troops and cargo on the coast of the enemy. BI notes, what, "Luckily", during the "Cold War," the Soviet Union was able to build only one such car.

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