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Very fascinating and some truly stunning footage. What I can’t help thinking about viewing this marvel of technology is what humanity might have achieved if the prodigious efforts and staggering sums that went into the Cold War arms race went into making the world a better place…really, as amazing as this is, it was ultimately a tremendous waste.

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Avoiding war is never a waste and overall technological progress was faster during the Cold War..

They did make the world a better place, winning the Cold War dealt a huge blow to totalitarian communist ideology everywhere and many free societies replaced the old Soviet States.

Just look at what the fall of the USSR did for life expectancies there!

It actually went, as it was found that union's demographic statistics was all forged perpetually since Stalin

Forged statistics or not, at least there are not millions being starved to death, sent to gulags, or relocated against their will.

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