How to Win the Cold War

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The Cold War had a very unique origin in that the main adversaries (the United States and the Soviet Union) had just previously been allies in a separate, historically monumental war. Taken at face value, one might hear that sentence and imagine the Cold War took the combatants by surprise, how could friends so quickly become enemies, after all? But the great irony was that not only was the Cold War not a surprise, but both sides knew it was coming. Even when they had been allies. The Cold War was as pure of a war of ideologies as one could get, not a war of armies and weapons, but one of influence and power. The United States sought to align the world with their capitalist economic model while the Soviets put their effort into reinforcing the communist model, this clash of economic ideologies led to a lot of tension, amplified by the fact that if one side was pushed too hard, nukes would follow. That possibility made this war one of the scariest, even though no shots were fired. For as Albert Einstein is often quoted to have said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
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[@BlueJayYT]

IT'S HERE!! → youtooz.com/products/bluejay-plush-9-inch Rápido, rápido! Once they sell out they'll be gone FOREVER! This plushie is my first ever piece of merch, so I worked really hard to get it just right!! It took many revisions, but we got there in the end, I hope you all like it! :)

[@gtbkts]

It's perfect. I bought 3!!!!!

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

The if it flies it spies poster has to become a merch drop of yours

[@officaljayplaz6899]

i’m gonna touch you

[@GeorgeLe]

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[@Iymarra]

I hate merch.... But this little guy is cute and oh no I'm buying one

[@Vengeful_Octopus]

A vodka-cooled nuclear bomber with a history of structural failure and a +20% mortality rate is the most Soviet thing I’ve ever heard of

[@TQFMTradingStrategies]

The Gunner is a Unicycle Bear

[@Paragrafik]

Theres a cool video about it's history by Paper Skies

[@Eboreg2]

Wait until you find out about torpedo juice.

[@potatoreactor9395]

Or the MiG-21 radar coolant.

[@gabetherootbeerguy]

Thought it said vodka-powered 😅😅

[@emho5135]

Laika didn't die in space. She did develop superpowers from being bathed in cosmic rays and went off to fight the evil Galactic Empire.

[@Seriouspugfellow]

and she destroyed the Death Star as rough leader

[@RordanGamsay]

Definitely my new headcannon

[@TheMbmdcrew]

Reminds me of a Family Guy cutaway gag where Laika survives, finds a planet entirely populated by dogs, and makes plans to come back to Earth and bite everyone

[@swankshire6939]

In reality she never made it to space. The Soviet Union did many terrible things. This one bothers me more than the rest.

[@what4521]

@@swankshire6939 Soviet government did a lot of bad, sick shit to HUMANS, and one dog bothers you the most? really?

[@tabbitee]

The number of references I've seen to Laika in popular culture (including a sci-fi book or two in which she was actually rescued by aliens) is simultaneously heart-warming and heart-breaking.

[@jamie210690]

Doctor Who has her recieve a burial out in deep space in a beautiful story that is very touching, and, in a different story, get rescued by aliens and come back to earth to invade....

[@Itcouldbebunnies]

I like the story where Laika is rescued by Atlas and they make friends. I choose to believe this is what really happened, because the truth makes me too sad.

[@tessiepinkman]

When I was a kid and we just had learned about Laika in school, in Sweden, (I was about 7 or 8) I couldn't sleep for about a month without waking up several times in the middle of the night crying and screaming because I was so sad for her. This was in -97 or -98, and my mother who's a psychologist thought it was *tremendous* that I showed such empathy at such a young age.

[@BJGvideos]

​@@tessiepinkmanat that age isn't that normal?

[@tessiepinkman]

@@BJGvideos It probably is, but it wasn't exactly the reaction I wanted when I was crying. I would probably have been happier if she said something to soothe me instead of that it's fantastic that I show such empathy for a dog that died several decades ago. Btw, I wrote that last bit about the empathy as a joke, even though it did happen, because it's such a psychologist-mother thing to do and people who have a psychologist as a parent (and probably loads of people without any parent doing that work too) will recognize it in some capacity. You obviously didn't recognize it as the joke it was. Sorry 'bout that.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

I don't know what's more insane about the tale of Mathias Rust, that he actually thought his plan would work, or that he got as far as he did. Also, a nuclear bomber that kills a lot of it's pilots and has vodka for coolant is the most Russian thing I've ever heard.

[@watershipup7101]

Very much agreed.

[@waterbullstudios9195]

I heard about it on the news, and was thinking the exact same thing.

[@BlueJayYT]

Thank you so much for your support :)

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

...until you hear that that plane had DOWNWARD-EJECTING EJECTION SEATS. NOW it's the most Russian thing you've ever heard of.

[@RedTail1-1]

​@@CoffeeAndPauldownward launching ejection seats are not a Russian thing... Might wanna look into military aviation history, particularly the U.S

[@kingfitzzzz]

Literally the history field needs content like this. I’m a barber by profession, but I *love* history. I buy almost exclusively history books and watch quality history content nearly every day, but so many clients I have had absolutely shit boring teachers (and tbh curriculum caused some of that). They always say they can’t stand history, then I’ll tell my favorite history stories to them in a lively goofy way cracking jokes and they change their minds. You do some of the best history videos I’ve ever seen. They’re completely unhinged and that makes how thorough and dense they are more fun to absorb. You make history videos that are highly rewatchable. That’s honestly invaluable.

[@machematix]

I'm a chef in a similar boat. KZbin is a blessing. I can't seem to find myself going to a library and reading a history book, but I can watch hours of this sort of stuff

[@swankshire6939]

No joke if a barber advertised random history facts id go there in a heartbeat. Screw the small talk, tell me some cool facts!

[@SilverionX]

You're obviously doing good work yourself. I salute you.

[@theexplosive1062]

I love how he's able to animate true and pure terror in the speech and visuals of people. None of the screaming sounds fake or overdone but a bit too natural. 8:24 is definetly how I think people would react to somebody getting blown to bits in front of them

[@BlueJayYT]

I'm a method actor

[@slimey9634]

Now thats what I call dedication

[@MovieFan1912]

Now I’m picturing how everyone at Hawthorn reacted when one of the chefs did that to himself.

[@sand_sand7304]

I also like the delayed reaction.

[@twicethegalo]

​@@BlueJayYThold up

[@swiftydialogues]

Alex is going to be one well adjusted* and educated man once BlueJay’s done with him. *results may vary

[@gtbkts]

😅😂

[@tylerpetersen6226]

He is going to fall into the "special" category I am unsure of if it is going to be the good or bad connotation though.

[@becauseicangaming2479]

He's going to be in a rehab with ptsd

[@SaneAcorn2389]

How to win the Cold War

[@bigz4302]

If

[@purplehaze2358]

I can't be the only one that finds it hilarious that a single plane piloted by someone with 50 hours of experience total flying an aircraft managed to get further into Russian territory than the German army did.

[@ivanwilliams7413]

They weren't expecting a Cessna, or whatever the European equivalent was. Low-flying, slow planes tend to get away with this sorta stupidity.

[@robertmcduck6712]

Well, the Soviets obviously realised a little Cessena couldn't be military, and realised better to leave it and not shoot it down in fear of retaliation. So yes, your statement is true but the little pilot didnt change history.

[@nathangreig5884]

Cesena could be a civilian who's lost or needs help, a bf109 is definitely not

[@ethanchapman3799]

Twice*

[@TheKlabim]

Like he said in the video?

[@JunkyardDigs]

"Kind of like my college degree" I felt that🤣

[@drewrichmond2964]

When?

[@quinncarson9208]

Most of us do. Also, love your videos Kevin, keep it up!

[@slimsackett6199]

I'm not sure what's weirder; ending up in a strange dark corner of the internet where there are murderous psychopathic blue jays, or seeing someone you know and would never expect in that same corner.

[@dwaterson21]

"Wanna put him in a jar? You can." *absolutely deafening silence*

[@tomsonlarrson3318]

Laika was the third dog for that particular mission as far as I’m aware, the first two escaped during training but Laika was docile and calm for a stray coming out of Moscow, and she was put through rushed training due to time crunch.

[@bananamrs]

Yeah, that's the first time I ever hear that, and I've been cosmonaut geek since 5

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Docile and calm... wow... poor laika. Laika's good sides ended up being very bad for them

[@williamhenning4700]

@@eetuthereindeer6671 And humans will take advantage of other humans with the same weakness.

[@putraduha3176]

What a shitty trainee facility to let two mongrel escape

[@arbiters487]

@@eetuthereindeer6671 it was pretty ruff

[@tomsonlarrson3318]

Already made a comment but just got to this part. 17:30 My granddad worked for PepsiCo for 25 years, he was with them during the sale of those ships for the scrap value. The sheer volume of Pepsi being imported by the USSR meant that they could simply not keep up to demand with just the vodka export, so PepsiCo used other exports that were available. Since the Rouble is a closed economy, PepsiCo accepted things like apples or decommissioned warships for scrap/sale value. Anything that could be bought and sold was used pay for the Pepsi import.

[@justnoob8141]

Imagining if they accidentally sold the one that is still in service

[@Tomyironmane]

@@justnoob8141 The ships they got were clapped out by Soviet standards... given what the Soviets and later Russians consider seaworthy, I'm impressed they survived the trip to Norway for scrapping... and that they were a profitable source of scrap to begin with... but for a little bit, Pepsi was about the 8th largest navy in the world.

[@troybaxter]

​@@Tomyironmanemaybe Pepsi did receive actual working vessels after all. I mean, floating scrap is no different than what their Navy is right now anyways.

[@smalltime0]

@@Tomyironmane At the time the soviets made certain alloys in greater quantity (and with better machining, not that it applies here) that they would be valuable scrap. The titanium that the USA got for the Blackbird, for example, came from the USSR (fresh ore and plates though). Even the most clapped soviet submarine from the 50s/60s would have had a titanium plating to various degrees, with the Alfa-class (built starting 1958, full production run starting 1967, decommissioned 1974) having full titanium hulls

[@benn454]

@@smalltime0 You really believe the titanium actually made it into the water as part of a sub? It would've gotten sold off under the table by a general and steel put in its place. Corruption was pervasive in the Soviet military, and still is today in the Russian military.

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

I love the anecdote about the TU-22 from Paper Skies: the Russian military was dissuaded from finding alternatives to vodka coolant because the air confiding system leaked, so any kind of alteration to the mixture might result in sick pilots. The generals were put in a grounded aircraft with the air conditioning on, and sure enough the cabin was filled with the smell of alcohol. Apparently one of the ground crew was told to hide a cloth soaked in alcohol inside one of the cooling vents before the test... The AC worked fine. XD

[@mnxs]

Paper Skies is awesome 👍

[@Wub-rv9xx]

fun fact: you can hotbox alcohol! also don’t, it’s terrible for your lungs. also probably not ideal for experimental pilots.

[@skyliermoreton6703]

“Kids are hitting layups in Mongolia” might be one of the hardest disses I have ever heard

[@martin09091989]

The ethanol/water mix was widely used as a coolent in suviet technology. A coworker of mine was a flight technician in the east german NVA when he served. He said that all the radio equipment and airplane avionics where cooled ether with staight ethanol or a mix with watter, because it was widely available and perfect for the job. Non toxic, non corosive, good as anti freze, especially in high-flying jets, and very low in viscosity for very compact heat exchangers. And very good as a drink when diluted to the right amount! ;)

[@walli6388]

11:21 Thing is: The Soviets actually topped this too. They gifted the US ambassador to, I think it was the USSR, a gigantic wooden US state sigil. 100% made out of wood. Thought there was a trick in the way it was hollowed out in some places. If you targeted it at a specific wavelength, you could hear what was going on in the room through the vibrations of the wood. That's some really crazy stuff.

[@Carewolf]

In Copenhagen the USSR and US embassies were right next to each other, and the US developed a special technology where they shot a laser on the windows of the other embassy, and measured what was said in the other embassy though the vibrations of the glass as measured by the laser. It was all cool and shit until Denmark discovered the US was using it to spy on Denmark too.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

It was made in the god damn 50s

[@the_tactician9858]

Thing is, the fact that we know what the KGB could do is scary... but the fact we DON'T know what tricks the CIA came up with other than the failures is somehow even scarier.

[@LordDaret]

The guy who made the spying tech was the same guy who created the Theremin In fact, his name was Leon Theremin.

[@hedgehog3180]

The sigil itself was nothing unusual but inside of it was a tiny little microphone that could be powered by shining a radio beam on it. This made it almost impossible to find since it only transmitted when that was done and otherwise gave off no signals that coukd be used to fibd it so it took years before it was discovered.

[@PipSquid-FLI]

As a Bulgarian I love our umbrellas.

[@Tsktsk78]

Now this is controversial

[@MegaEmmanuel09]

What about salty cucumbers?

[@_Carizzma_]

Do you love your leader?

[@BC1studios]

​@@_Carizzma_ That is a dangerous question to ask.

[@dinodude6992]

Hey, bluejay, if one were to inflict a specific kind of harm to one your plushies, would you feel the pain yourself? Asking out of curiosity

[@BlueJayYT]

I haven't felt anything for years now

[@snek1557]

​@@BlueJayYT You will now :p

[@dinodude6992]

@BlueJayYT So, setting a plush on fire with a flamethrower wouldn't do anything to you? If that's the case, your mortal coil won't feel the excruciating pain of getting killed by a murder drone plushie.

[@LethalAether]

Im now waiting for someone to post "someone get the scissors" yes the internet has fucked up my mind, how can you tell?

[@RedTail1-1]

Wtf is wrong with kids these days

[@just.gemini]

Thanks for the best content!

[@BlueJayYT]

Hey! Thank you so much for the support :)

[@dylanbaker6397]

Thanks for featuring me!

[@Seby8822]

I love how you water boarded the plushy to make sure it would not tell 🤣

[@thisagame5847]

The jar is far worse for the plushy.

[@m808bscorpionmbt3]

​@@thisagame5847true

[@chrisfritz50]

@@thisagame5847same torture different substance

[@NeoZondix]

That's uncanny ​@@thisagame5847

[@Derapplecraze]

I don’t understand how bluejay doesn’t have a million subs yet his content is amazing

[@mattdragon333]

Not pg 13 tho, KZbin doesn't take kindly on that

[@Blakearmin]

He's blown up over the last year

[@Darksnowman13]

Really shitty day, I actually really needed this today. Thank you Blue Jay, your humor helps

[@BlueJayYT]

Hope your day get's better, comrade

[@Darksnowman13]

@@BlueJayYT that Dallas joke broke me, laughing my ass off

[@ravingcuriosity6345]

Hang in there, man! 💪

[@BurksToreyArky]

The "coke for black neighborhoods" line is pure gold! 😂😊

[@elmotheplatypus44]

Underrated line 😂😂😂😂

[@DaytonaRoadster]

and profoundly untrue, but dont let Jewish doctored history stop you

[@nickkohlmann]

"The allies were partying in Berlin to celebrate Hitler's first good painting" IS SUCH A RAW LINE OH MY GOD

[@TheLastRhapsody]

16:06 That is gloriously terrifying. 16:43 The fact that was animated with the body falling smoothly to the ground instead of the usual snap to pose animating makes it all the better.

[@ray4lsd]

Downward ejection was not that unusual, even some NATO planes started doing it, like the F-104 for example. It was later changed, due to obvious reasons, but a lot of 104s still had the hatch below the cockpit.

[@riograndedosulball248]

Ah yes, the F-104, the plane notorious for killing more than a hundred pilots in West Germany alone!

[@DjDolHaus86]

The F-104 had a number of glaring safety issues, this was just one of the intentional ones

[@許進曾]

​@@riograndedosulball248 At least they get to retire it early with replacement like the f-4 phantom. Meanwhile in Taiwan we have to suffer with that crap into the 90's because America just refuse to sell us replacement.

[@chechenfeels]

@@許進曾 Didnt Taiwan heavily modify its starfighters? always liked taiwans two seater training f104s

[@antoy384]

@@riograndedosulball248Haha, F-“notorious for killing”-104 still has a lower death count than Boeing in 3 years

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

Oh God, I'd forgotten about this. It was a crazy time to be alive and in college. This being that guy flying to Moscow. The rest of the Cold War was quite a thing too. I was about 6 years old back around '73 when I found out I lived in a nuclear target zone and understood that means if there was a war I was dead. ETA: I haven't laughed this hard at one of your posts since the Russian Navy vs England's fisherman, I mean Japan. Yes, Japan. You win the internets today good sir, you win.

[@LawerenceSchweitz]

Thanks!

[@BlueJayYT]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@rektaldischarge7496]

When it comes to the space race, one aspect thats not looked at, is the scientific gain through each "first", The soviets mainly wanted to be first for political reasons, while the USA would conduct tests along with their program, such as the first soviet spacewalk was basically a guy exiting the craft then entering back in before almost dying because his suit started to expand while in the vacuum of space, which would have led to him being unable to re-enter the craft, while the US during their first spacewalk was to show if tasks could be preformed in space like routine maitnance or removing/adding components to their craft. Like being first is one thing, but one of the major goals of the space race was the scientific advancement of mankind, and doing stuff to be first without doing anything that really contributes to mankinds understanding of space defeats the purpose.

[@BlueJayYT]

Spot on the money! I think you'd really enjoy my "director's commentary" on the topic once I get around to making it, that's something I have a lot to say about

[@nola281]

A plane with vodka as a coolant, that sounds right. Honestly how neither side didn't accidentally destroy the world is amazing. No one was careful or logical.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

It gets worse That bomber has 400liters of vodka in the training veriant that has 3 crew(?) .soo it has a crew to vodka ratio of ~133liters per crew The mig 25 has a crew to vadka ratio of 300liters per crew Becose it has only 1 crew

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@nikolaideianov5092 ir isn’t entirely vodka rhough, didn’t rhey say it is 40% water.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

@@SeanHartnett-t8c most vodka IS 40% water

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@nikolaideianov5092 I think my point was people weren’t drinking like 133 liters of vodka.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

@@SeanHartnett-t8c do you mean alcohol ? Also the pilots didnt drink it they sold it for what ever (including schooling lol, a new car ,etc)

[@immaterialspectator4209]

As a Bulgarian, I'm happy to finally have a reason to complain about mispronounced Bulgarian names. I must say, I'm genuinely impressed about how badly BlueJay managed to mangle them. I wouldn't even have considered Georgi Markov hard to pronounce for an English speaker before now. I don't think Bulgarian even has phonemes that English doesn't. Pretty sure the only way you could get these names wrong is if you never bothered listening to them being spoken or glancing at the IPA transcription. In any case, thanks to BlueJay for the chance to be pedantic on the Internet.

[@LinoWalker]

To be fair, English is very different from a phonetical point of view, compared to Bulgarian. E.g. their G's are much softer than ours, as are their R's, and they don't even have a "ж" sound. If anything, I'm just glad Bulgaria is getting talked about - we've got some really cool history :)

[@immaterialspectator4209]

@@LinoWalker I mean they do, though. They have both hard 'g' and 'ж'. Just try saying 'argue' or 'pleasure'. What they don't have is the letters for them. It's not like Xhosa or Japanese where some of the sounds just don't exist in the English language and are therefore almost impossible to pronounce or even distinguish while listening, without a lot of practice. Which isn't to say that I actually have any problems with mispronunciations. I'm just happy for my country to be mentioned. I was just making a joke, about how it's seemingly compulsory to bury any video in which a foreign language is used under a pile of comments about pronunciation mistakes and how I'm happy that someone finally used Bulgarian so I could finally do it myself.

[@Jester_Jingles]

Fun fact about Japanese. They do not have a sound or letter L.

[@SoftBreadSoft]

​​@@Jester_Jinglesthey have a "tapped R" which is almost a D. Its fun.

[@lindadeeds5326]

Go ahead. Enjoy your moment.

[@HicSvntDracones]

I remember when I did my pilot training, MS flight sim (I think 95)which was used by most flight schools in the 90s) had landing a Cessna in red square as an actual mission

[@orsaz924]

14:27 felt like a punch in the gut, I was absolutely not expecting it 😂😂

[@the.only.mr.president]

Hey Bluejay. You’re awesome. Thank you for your time.

[@je25ff]

Are you a real person?

[@the.only.mr.president]

Maybe I am. Maybe I’m not. You’d never know

[@weeposchweepo]

​@@the.only.mr.president What is real? What is a person? We will never know.

[@the.only.mr.president]

Reality is but an illusion we cloud our feeble minds with so that the infinity of the cosmos does not seem as cold, desolate and unforgiving as it is. Yet, even those who are aware of this macabre mirage continue to live their meaningless lives and do not stop to ponder what would happen if we simply unbraced the inevitable demise of everything and everyone, and feed our matter into the ultimate chain of events that, ultimately, simply ends in death

[@Chopz007]

You’re welcome

[@anthony-pirrone]

My therapist: "It's just a cartoon, he's not realistic enough to hurt you." Hyperrealistic BlueJay: 16:04 (Absolutely made my day)

[@alexanderkidonakis9185]

The ricen pellet was 1.5mms A regular bb is 4.5mm For reference(think how small that is for a deathly dose)

[@AYFKMRN]

Except it’s *ricin* correct? I’m not trying to be all spellchecky, but it just doesn’t look right and my OCD tells me to verify ;) Yep I checked it’s ricin

[@JSnow-st7hm]

@@AYFKMRNI heard rice from the video…

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

5:40 Major flaw in the plan was thinking you could train a cat to do anything a cat didn't want to do.

[@Twlsted234]

The "Doctor Langs' lobotomies" storyline hidden within this video goes hard 12:55 Mentions it on the radio 20:30 Wife had an "appointment" there

[@Angry_Train_Person]

The small details in this are crazy

[@valisbyte]

I literally exploded when the other guy said "about time" when hearing about the appointment

[@luciboi8182]

Love how Alex has a "Protect Yourself from Kidnapping" poster next to his bed

[@zero95lucky]

Right next to 'pidgeon' shooting

[@swaginton1180]

Yaaaa I agree, that explanation that they debugged the cat and let it live a happy and long life afterwards rings about as closely to “don’t worry little Timmy, Mr. peanuts is fine, he’s just living on a farm with all the other doggies upstate… no you can’t see him.” As you can get. That cat definitely got fucking splattered sadly

[@addictionsucks8848]

It's probably somewhere in the middle. Likely it didn't end up working and they just euthanized it and went about their business

[@troybaxter]

100%. If that cat lived a long happy life, then I have a cute happy *living* space dog I am willing to sell you.

[@tonytouchz757]

yeah I dont think this mission happen, its too dumb to be true.. as other said, maybe in between as in I personaly belive they just threw the cat back in a alley and thats it

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

yep.

[@mauricedavis2160]

You get it!..🙏✨👌😿😢🐲❣️

[@Eros-9-7-22]

The silence after putting Bluejay in the jar speaks volumes…

[@diplodocus6969]

put the bird in the jar

[@nola281]

Does Alex know he could do that?

[@robertschafer4773]

You didn't poke holes in the jar. The bluejay is dead.

[@endarkenedeyes]

“Hilter’s first good painting” 💀

[@MelonKingdomOfficial]

“All our problems will be solved in Dallas” 💀

[@mediocrityproductions]

A cat cyborg'd by the government to be a spy sounds like the plot of a forgotten spy kids spinoff

[@kman2747]

it's a nitpick, but technically the rocket at 12:43 is the Vostok rocket, which was based on the R-7

[@BlueJayYT]

Oh man you're right, I even knew the difference too, shoot. Good catch!

[@ZSASM7.62]

@@BlueJayYT Dang, I guess that means I have to report your video for misinformation.

[@HelloBoots]

NERD! Jk, you do you

[@BurgerMeister19]

BlueJay I must say you never fail to make me chuckle, Well till next globe troting adventure. Thanks, The BurgerMeister.

[@BlueJayYT]

Cheers, BurgerMeister

[@byte287]

gotta love the BurgerMeister

[@mapledreamer7983]

Fun fact, my grandfather regularly traveled on KAL 007 for work back in the day, and had made that flight to Korea a couple of weeks before it was shot down. He told me that some magazine (I think TIME) published an article about the flight, and he said that the in-flight meals described in the article were the exact same ones he had eaten weeks prior.

[@mrdogbread6735]

Oh yeah? If the USA is sooo great why did they make the USB?

[@ericstamps4717]

Dammit

[@kiwooEnterprises]

Backup

[@slushii4230]

Just wait till you find out about USB-C

[@wetchicken4236]

stealing this 🤭🤭🤭

[@gunkyzip]

USA made USB to spread freedom even faster!

[@Sonatengraf]

What a ride, very funny bits throughout. I'm convinced the “cola war” segment stems from a typo, but is interesting, nonetheless. Thanks, BlueJay!

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Props for using a screenshot of *The Man from UNCLE.* I watched it recently; that’s such an underrated film.

[@BlueJayYT]

I agree, I loved it!

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@TheBearInTheChairugh that Napoleon movie was terrible

[@Rwscienceguy]

I love that Bluejay invented a character for the sole purpose of harassing them with his character.

[@DND-not-BOY]

I love how Alex is trying to defend himself

[@thatotherrandomfloridian9456]

The kidnapping defense poster is what got me lmao

[@keegi9255]

There is one interesting fact about Mathias Rusts flight to Moscow that isn't mentioned. The day whe flew into Soviet Unions territory was May 28. That day was the Border Guards Day there. So probably many of them were quite drunk and could not function well. So not just coincidence he made it to Red Square but also a well picked date.

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

The Russians inventing a war plane that ran on vodka sounds like something out of a anti-soviet propaganda cartoon

[@cylerner]

Should add that Mathias wasn't allowed in because they thought he was a dumb pilot... but because they thought he was a soviet aircraft. There was even a moment when one radar commander thought he was a search helicopter and had his radar signal marked as friendly. Another thought he was a rookie pilot who forgot to switch over his signal during a training exercise and marked him as friendly.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

lol

[@cantonlowlifemedia]

I fuckin love this channel! Informative (to a degree), yet hilarious! The only thing I don't like about it is how long it takes between new videos. Not complaining, as I'd rather have good content with a sparse release schedule than shitty content regularly.

[@BlueJayYT]

They take a lot of time unfortunately! If you check my description, I've got a link to my sources. That should really highlight the extent of my research and why these take so long

[@cantonlowlifemedia]

@@BlueJayYT oh I'm well aware that they take a good deal of time and effort! I didn't miss the disclaimer about the upload schedule. Just wishful thinking on my part! Keep up the awesome content and take your time. 😁🤗

[@BlueJayYT]

Thank you so much :)

[@alienworm1999]

Considering the wings would literally melt off from the heat of that bomber, I’m sure crews really did use every drop of ‘coolant’ they could get their hands on (while drinking some, of course)

[@Warsie]

Im sure in an actual WW3 scenario they wouldn't be drinking it lol

[@nikolaideianov5092]

​@@Warsieits the soviet union In ww2 the crew drank the breaking liquid becose its almost vodka

[@hedgehog3180]

@@nikolaideianov5092 That's actually Stalin/NKVD paranoia, the airfields were just rough and there were supply issues at some airbases so a lot of planes had their landing gear break upon landing.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

@@hedgehog3180 frankly i wont be supprised if its at least partly both

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@nikolaideianov5092 yeo.

[@rickcastro44]

So f'king hilarious! Thank you. I really needed this 😆👍

[@BlueJayYT]

Thank you so much for your support!! I'm glad you liked it, thanks for watching :)

[@vincentpuccio3689]

Dude, your presentation is hysterical. I’m gonna look forward to watching the rest of your videos.

[@MarcMagma]

3:48 ...That was without a doubt the funniest burn I ever heard.

[@Mr.Serpent-ti4nh]

2:08 "GET IN THE PLANE ALEX!" "but... Bluejay. I'm not your child. You literally just busted open my wall." "Fair point."

[@analysissel]

16:04 Bluejay instills me with an existential dread that I only wish I could inspire with my pseudo-lovecraftian fanfiction.

[@hedgehog3180]

Downwards ejections are somewhat common, the F-104 Starfighter also had a downwards ejection system for a while, that plane was also nicknamed the widowmaker but not because of the ejection system.

[@mistertagnan]

I find it interesting how the Germans decided to use a plane with tiny-ass wings and a reputation for being a flying coffin as the base for their VTOL fighter jet. I’d think that for a VTOL jet, you’d want a stall speed above Mach 2

[@Moonstone-Redux]

​@@mistertagnanthe high altitude U2 spy plane was based on the F-104 but with extra long wings. That being said, the West German CCV wasn't a VTOL experiment. It was for testing relaxed stability and fly by wire. The small wings made it the plane great for responding to control input quickly, though it came at a cost of losing speed quickly when the plane keeps turning.

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

60% distilled water 40% ethanol Ethanol enjoyers: "I like where this is going."

[@danielhale1]

Always a great day when BlueJay uploads! BTW I first leaned about crews drinking the plane's coolant from Paper Skies. He has lots of great videos!

[@jaspy555]

Almost 30 minutes huh? You bet your behind I’m about to watch this entire thing. (Also that Soviet can’t out pizza the hut joke was MINE)

[@ArxInvicta]

Mathias Rust in a nutshell: - Stabs nurse nearly to death because she "didn't want to kiss him" - Says so openly in court - Judge is like "Oh you're that dude who landed this plane on the red square, big fan, here is only one year of jail for you!" Dude is still alive today and one of the most uncharismatic, slimy pieces of shit you can possibly imagine.

[@androidinblack5291]

“Much like an Activision Blizzard employee…” god damn, Bluejay.

[@GaldirEonai]

I remember Rust's flight being covered on the news and even then my reaction was "...what an idiot!". I was seven.

[@BlueJayYT]

Hahaha that's awesome, I woulda loved to see that first hand.

[@bobbygoestoabyss6624]

I remember, being amazed by a dude with my forename landing a plane on the red square. Then my mother educated me on, how much of an idiot that guy was. On the other hand my mother also told me, that Lenin was a good guy, when i asked her about the picture of this goat bearded bald dude on the wall.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Indeed, he was lucky that Soviet air defense was so incompetent/non-functional that day... Then again considering Russia(before during and after its time as the Soviet Union)'s long history of corruption at basicly every level of every aspect of society, it's honestly shocking the Cold War lasted as long as it did...

[@lahma69]

​@@bobbygoestoabyss6624 Ya.. I'm not sure that is the adjective I would choose to describe Lenin but each to their own I suppose 😏 I'm guessing you grew up in an Eastern Bloc country?

[@321_Luca]

finally some more weird, funny, partially historic jokes by BlueJay, yay

[@flyingdeathcatsgo]

They probably didn't actually abandon the spy animal program. Likely they just switched to an easier to train animal, one that happens to be the goodest boy.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

spy dog might actually work, you coukd hide the microphone in the collor.

[@markchinguz4401]

But it's less common for a dog to just walk by/chill nearby

[@mxtkxrl]

14:26 ‘all problems will be solved in dallas’ HOLY JESUS that’s dark

[@LordDaret]

The thing about project A-119 is that the Soviets ALSO tried to copy that themselves. Apparently they codenamed theirs E-4 and it was also dismissed for the same reasons as the American project. Some stories report on it, but I do not know if there is a specific source for this.

[@lukearts2954]

Wow, this one is back on par! Perhaps it was just me, but I got the impression that I shed less tears from laughter on the past couple of videos compared to the earlier work, but this one truly got me dehydrated...

[@Anonymous-wc3fe]

Just want to say thanks for inspiring my love of history, I love your content man!

[@BlueJayYT]

I'm glad you enjoyed!!

[@tomhenss]

Lets goooo Bluejay. Much love from Germany, keep it up man❤🎉

[@SamBrockmann]

Carl "The Worst, but most Charismatic Scientist" Sagan definitely fits as an image for the moon bombing. 😂😂😂

[@Nick-qy3hu]

Your transitions into merch/sponsor are awesome. Normally, I just skip ahead but I keep watching your plugs. Well done. 🙂

[@tfrowlett8752]

10:52 there was a second assassination attempt on one Vladimir Kostov in Paris a year before Markov, but he recovered because the pellet was fired into his back, away from the main blood vessels.

[@shadhinov]

2:47 bluejay plushies are the first youtuber narrated ad I ever actually fully saw. And rewatched a bunch of times. Hilarious lmfao

[@BlueJayYT]

I want to make every second of my videos enjoyable ;)

[@shadhinov]

And you succeeded. I know this sounds weird but thank you for microwaving the plushie.@@BlueJayYT

[@Miro.A.Mursu-]

​@@shadhinovWait, its weird to microwave plushies?!?!? No wonder she left me!

[@maxb.5905]

BlueJay Uploads are the only source of terrible wordplays and dark humor left thanks for your service

[@MouseTai1]

14:51 That was MASTERFULLY executed. Did not expect this level of fluency.

[@Brett8047]

I love your videos. Keep making them.

[@khornatekrieger3023]

For a moment I thought maybe this list might include the insane Pentatomic army model which was intended to literally win the cold war, specifically the ground war of any nuclear exchange utilizing close air support and large bombers with tactical nukes, nuclear howitzers, recoilless rifles and all manner of buttoned up vehicles to fight in a recently nuked battlescape. Beyond just the casual nuclear use, it was also meant to be spread wide out to prevent complete destruction with any return nuclear exchange, assuming that two or three of your five brigades were going to get obliterated causing all manner of command and control issues.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

"The US was literally planning to fight a war post-apocalypse. Fallout ain't got shit on this." -LaserPig, The Bradley Wars.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@RipOffProductionsLLC imrerwsrinf.

[@nixonhatridge3608]

Beautiful. Truly a work of art.

[@sillybiboy]

You know its a good day when Blue Jay uploads

[@potatoking8759]

absolute blast from beginning to end

[@mysterymemes8174]

7:16 😭😭😭omg

[@julianparsons3027]

17:19 *_”WHITE coke”_* huh? Coca Cola came back around, full circle… a return to their roots.

[@Babbleplay]

White coke, that had the coloring removed. Hey Dan, why are we going to go to all the effort of removing the coloring? Can't we just...not put it in in the first place? Shut up and do your job, Steve. That coloring is not going to strain itself out.

[@s0uldr4ke]

How can you fit this much humor into a history video, it's honestly blowing my mind!

[@johntheamazing9337]

There are some days where you just rewatch every blue jay video

[@grumpycat2092]

Growing up in the late GDR watching "das Sandmännchen" (a bed time series for kids featuring a nice grandpa sort of sandman) I really liked Sputnik 1, bc they featured it in the series and it looked cute for a satellite. But I will never forgive how Sputnik 2 killed Leika. Such a cute doggo 🥺

[@GadolHalevav]

Thanks. I was in the Cold War and I needed this

[@johnnotrealname8168]

How are the flashbacks?

[@hlancaster]

3:47 goddamnit that was funny

[@MicrowaveOvenVideo]

3:43 you owe me a new coffee seeing that I painted my keyboard with it laughing so hard.

[@hellohaos]

If you want know more about Tu-22 please check video: "Why Soviet Pilots Called It “The Booze Carrier”: The Tupolev Tu-22 Story"

[@Kalkknecht]

The one man in the US meeting at 20:38 being called "Major Tom" made me laughing so hard😂

[@KirishimaPullah-ym5yk]

*16:03* there's no one to hear you scream