Happy May 9th: (Soviet) Russian Victory Day!
Posted in AtomicPunk, Rant, Technology on May 3rd, 2009 by Dr. WarthanTags: Allies, Capitalists Pigs, CCCP, Communism, Communist Heathens, End of the World, Holiday, I told you so, May Day Parade, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Russian, Soviet, Soviet Union, Stalin, USSR, Victory Day, Warning, Watch Out, World War
Welcome back [Soviet] Russia! We missed you…
May 9th, 1945 (Victory Day) – the day that Nazi Germany capitulated to the USSR. It became an official Soviet holiday in 1965 and continues to be celebrated even after the fall of the USSR. Traditionally, ceremonial military parades are held on the day, such as the one in Moscow on the Red Square. However, on May 9th, 2008, the Russian Federation returned to the Soviet Union tradition of showing off its mobile nuclear weapons during the Victory Day parade, declaring its return to super-power status (Также неизбежное поражение тех американских капиталистических свиней). This is the RT-2UTTKh Topol-M Mobile ICBM, NATO Designation SS-27 Stalin.
This is a brand new “modernized” version of the weapon system, with a whole new kind of ICBM. Want to know why you should be concerned?
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