[familyop]

Some Russian politicians might have gotten the idea of broadcasting fear with talk about a cobalt bomb “doomsday device” from the part with the Russian Ambassador in the “Dr. Strangelove” movie. Or maybe they got it from their predecessors.

[Cincinatus]

The "doomsday machine" was real and became operational during the waning stages of the Cold War.

The Dead Hand

[gigster]

I’ll believe it if and when I read It in Janes