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Mysterious Russian 'Numbers Station' Changes Broadcast After 20 Years

Posted August 25, 2010 8:24 AM

From Gizmodo:

The bizarre, constant audio output of one particular mysterious Russian "Numbers Station" has changed, for the first time in 20 years. This might mean something bad is about to happen, or simply that someone finally remembered to switch tapes.

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Re: Mysterious Russian 'Numbers Station' Changes Broadcast After 20 Years

08/25/2010 12:06 PM

Stalin's corpse is on the move again!

This is bad. Real bad.

20 years ago it was all they could do to stop him. He'll be stronger this time, and smarter.
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Re: Mysterious Russian 'Numbers Station' Changes Broadcast After 20 Years

08/25/2010 11:39 PM

It probably is not important what it says, but that the other nodes receive the codes in a timely manner, and don't launch.

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Re: Mysterious Russian 'Numbers Station' Changes Broadcast After 20 Years

08/26/2010 12:36 AM

Hahahaha, I just re-watched Dr. Strangelove the other day. "The Doomsday Machine" Also realized it was probably the first time that the concept of a "dirty bomb" was included in a move, though they didn't refer to it as such. Dead Hand System

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