Development of the Soviet Ballistic Missile Threat (1960-1970)

[@blackbird_actual]

Glad to see you uploading again 👍

[@nuclearvault]

Now, if I could just get of my rear end and clean some of these up a bit more…

[@CosmosNut]

Thanks for posting these. I rarely comment but just wanted to put up a thank you.

[@nuclearvault]

Glad you like them!

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

Projected Soviet missile inventories were wild overestimates. Khrushchev put IRBMs in Cuba in '62 because the Soviets had less than 100 ICBMs operational.

[@nathanmiller9785]

Our Military intelligence was probably well aware of this. As is almost always the case, I’d imagine they intentionally pushed the myth so as to ensure the corporate players could pocket as many tax dollars as possible.

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

Excellent film. Thanks for uploading 👍

[@akompsupport]

Very timely.

[@donfrandsen7778]

Very cool and historically accurate Interesting it was only secret at the time

[@robmorgan1214]

That uniform... so shiny!

[@timtim8468]

I like that curtain, where can I get a curtain like that?

[@ThompPL1]

15:02 . . . This US target map hasn't changed much in 60 years. Just added a few more dots in same areas.

[@richardvernon317]

Total number of Soviet Bombers that could reach US in 1962 without IFR was around 120, All Bears. Bison needed IFR. Badger needed IFR.

[@oldcarnocar]

buffs had a sextant. treetop heights inbound to russia.

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

They also had no organization like SAC- long-range aviation was a pale shadow of US capabilities. No dispersal fields. No practicing mass raids on CONUS the way we practiced mass raids on the USSR, etc. No massive tanker force to enable whole force IFR. Certainly nothing like Chrome Dome. Their strategic arm was called the Strategic Rocket Forces for a reason. The bombers were a sideshow.

[@danielcruz8347]

Looking back colorful hazy cold war upward mobility... live animal presence faded wash bright blues!@ thank you for sharing

[@NathanDudani]

Never forget the sedated bears used in supersonic ejections

[@poetryjones7946]

Timely.

[@daveschillz]

Eerie timing

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Glad the Americans before us got us through these times. Most of them are very old by now. They did well.

[@jimmylee2678]

Unfortunately, very timely.

[@heedfulnewt6625]

Last

[@1101millie97]

We are going to have a similar experience with the People's Republic of China...

[@Nudnik1]

Wallmart Amazon wont let that happen.

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

They already have everything they need to blast us.

[@JoeyPinter]

this was very good. i can't believe the bullshit.

[@asn413]

Atomic was the answer for everything back then. Did they even know what it could do? Or didn't they care?

[@TheDoctor1225]

A lot of it has been shown (now, from the comfortable viewpoint of 50+ years later) that the effects weren't as well understood as they are today. Atomic could afford to be the answer to everything because the only alternative was to be annihilated without doing a thing, which neither country was willing to do. It would be interesting to see some similar videos (if any exist) from the Soviet side, since these tend to fuel those who like to see the US as a bunch of gung-ho "nuke them till they glow" maniacs. It was prevalent on both sides - as was the desire to never use them.

[@richardvernon317]

The Soviets developed them first starting around 1953. USAF started in 1954 when a light weight H-bomb became possible. The USA policy was Deterrence.

[@Nudnik1]

sore throats tonsils ringworm ...lol

[@malachiwhite356]

They had "atomic" something or other on their minds all the time, kind of like today's "eco" nonsense.

[@Nudnik1]

@@malachiwhite356 eco concern is real though.. 420 ppm CO2 now and rising double of 100 years ago...

[@jayc2469]

No Ladies in them there days!

[@ChatGPT1111]

When I was in the USAF in the early 80's, we had a couple females on the flightline. One of them would cry every time she had a problem with an aircraft, and the men would jump out of the woodwork to help her. Worked every time.