Nuclear Explosion in Russia

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1. “We have similar, though more advanced, technology.”

   What I like is that we all assume that, as President, he is summarizing complex details that he knows but can’t share for national security reasons. But in reality… that’s the actual briefing word-for-word.Report

   1. Our “more advanced technology” involves steam catapults.Report

      1. 2-hrs later, Lieutenant Chip Daniels is spotted in a dank Pentagon basement room writing, “I will not offer ‘helpful’ extraneous details to the POTUS” 1000 times on an old used blackboard they acquired for approximately $17,000 just for moments like this.Report

         1. Shucks, I didn’t even get to pitch him on my idea for a new electrified, bonafide, six car monorail.Report

            1. …more back talk and you can write: “No, Ballista does not clarify things either” 1000 times.

               Besides, we’re already getting a new monorail system… right after the people movers are retired at Terminal D at Dulles.Report

2. For a more…sober view of it:
   https://www.balloon-juice.com/2019/08/11/speculations-on-the-nenoksa-explosion/Report

   1. Definitely red Mercury, that is some amazing stuff!Report

      1. Is it the real stuff
         Is it just fantasy
         Born in a chem lab
         Blows up your reality
         Report

         1. +100!Report

   2. People deny that it’s the apocalypse, but there are more sober takes at Ballon Juice.Report

3. Well, I think the big loser is, as usual, Russia. Their mysterious nuclear jet engine just blasted its isotope composition into the atmosphere and all over everything in the region, so everyone will get a good sample of it. It’s also reminded ordinary Russians that their nuclear and rocket scientists are probably as drunk as everyone else over there.Report

   1. Ha, it’s just russians and radioactive material, what could go wrong?Report

      1. At this point, I’m surprised we don’t have a thriving Russian Kaiju Culture.Report

         1. I just wanted to say that this was an awesome comment.Report

            1. Thank you!

               Personally, I keep thinking about what kinds of Kaiju would manifest from Russian culture.Report

         2. I mean, Charlie Stross did suggest that they would use Cthulu as a strategic weapon…

            (bonus points for the missile mentioned in the OP making a cameo appearance!)Report

4. Oh hey it’s Project Pluto

   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russias-new-nukes-are-similar-to-a-risky-project-the-u-s-abandoned/Report

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