Undocumented Features
18-09-2004, 21:41
Somewhere in the Great Undocumented Desert
‘Comrade Ziolkovski, is everything ready?’
‘Yes, Comrade General!’
‘Begin the countdown!’
‘5… 4… 3… 4… 1….’
And then it happens.
A TV broadcast a few hours later
‘TASS is authorized by the Government to report that, at 12:35 PM today, a new nuclear arms test has taken place in the Great Undocumented Desert. The Red Army is proud to demonstrate the ‘Devil Bomb’ – a 100 megaton nuclear weapon. Within ten days from now, Devil Bombs are scheduled to enter mass production. Rumours that mass production has already begun are denied by the representatives of Central Committee. Those spreading such rumours shall be dealt with appropriately. And now, to our next item…”
‘Comrade Ziolkovski, is everything ready?’
‘Yes, Comrade General!’
‘Begin the countdown!’
‘5… 4… 3… 4… 1….’
And then it happens.
A TV broadcast a few hours later
‘TASS is authorized by the Government to report that, at 12:35 PM today, a new nuclear arms test has taken place in the Great Undocumented Desert. The Red Army is proud to demonstrate the ‘Devil Bomb’ – a 100 megaton nuclear weapon. Within ten days from now, Devil Bombs are scheduled to enter mass production. Rumours that mass production has already begun are denied by the representatives of Central Committee. Those spreading such rumours shall be dealt with appropriately. And now, to our next item…”