stackyFACTSThe Cold War made everyone lose their collective minds. In 1958, under Project A119, the US Air Force seriously developed a top-secret plan to launch a nuclear warhead at the moon and blow it up. The sole purpose was to create a massive, visible mushroom cloud from Earth, purely to intimidate the Soviet Union after the successful launch of Sputnik.
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