OMG, I think I just blew the lid off my chrome dome in peals of rhapsodic techno-bliss over this photo set of Soviet-era nuclear control gear. Paging Dr. Strangelove!
Kurchatov Nuke Equipment
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“OMG, I think I just blew the lid off my chrome dome in peals of rhapsodic techno-bliss over this photo set of Soviet-era nuclear control gear. Paging Dr. Strangelove!”
Oh, man.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard that EXACT sentence…
…I’d have a dollar.
You made me LOL.
So beautiful. I love the finish on 50’s era electronics.
The technology of the nuclear war that never happened, certainly shaped the world we now enjoy. Here’s some British cold war tech –
http://www.btplc.com/today/art83627.html
http://www.picdownload.net/BT_Bunker/
Beautiful stuff! I’ve always loved control panels and stuff like that. Not sure why, but buttons and switches and meters make me smile/