The confrontation between the two superpowers, the USSR and the United States, kept the whole world in suspense. A nuclear war could start at any moment, and countries developed more and more new projects, each of which could bring the enemy to his knees. Moreover, the leadership of the Soviet Union considered absolutely any proposal, from promising to completely ridiculous. Here, for example, are the five projects of the USSR, which until recently were hiding under the heading "Secret".
Laser tank
Project Omega was developed during the Cold War. The Soviet Union needed a unique weapon capable of hitting air targets of a potential enemy at a great distance. The OKB-9 engineers managed to bring to life the most ambitious idea: a laser cannon with a power of 9 MJ. Omega was tested in 1972, then a new complex, Omega-2, was developed. Despite the successful tests, the laser installation was for some reason not accepted for service, and all the data on the project was classified.
Colonization of Mars
The space race of the USSR and the USA went down in history: we launched the first man into space, but the Americans seemed to have managed to get to the moon. But few people are familiar with another secret project of the Soviet Union - the colonization of Mars. Moreover, these developments of OKB-1 did not remain only on paper. In orbit of the lunar landing module, successful tests were carried out of a special rocket unit capable of accelerating the interplanetary spacecraft to the required speed. However, the country's government decided to focus on the lunar program, and the flight to Mars was postponed until better times.
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Mind control
Back in 1923, Soviet engineer Bernard Kazhinsky showed a project for the so-called "brain radio". The design was intended to amplify the electrical impulses of the brain and was based on the idea that a person is essentially a living power plant. In 1924, Kazhinsky was able to successfully test his project, they were immediately classified. The engineer really succeeded: the operator of the "radio room" transmitted a signal to the animals (the experiment was carried out on dogs) and they followed his order. Only after that, the animals literally went crazy from overvoltage.
Mind control
Back in 1923, Soviet engineer Bernard Kazhinsky showed a project for the so-called "brain radio". The design was intended to amplify the electrical impulses of the brain and was based on the idea that a person is essentially a living power plant. In 1924, Kazhinsky was able to successfully test his project, they were immediately classified. The engineer really succeeded: the operator of the "radio room" transmitted a signal to the animals (the experiment was carried out on dogs) and they followed his order. Only after that, the animals literally went crazy from overvoltage.
Space fighter
The space fighter was developed by the chief designer of OKB-9 Gleb Lozino-Lozinsky. Project Spiral could have become the world's first combat spaceship, but bureaucracy ruined everything. As conceived by Lozino-Lozinsky, the fighter was built from three main parts: an accelerator aircraft, a rocket booster and an orbital aircraft. The orbital plane brought the fighter to an altitude of thirty kilometers, and then the rocket booster lifted the Spiral into low-earth orbit. Space-to-Earth bombing, how do you like it? The experimental apparatus was built in the late 70s, but the project was hacked to death personally by the Minister of Defense of the USSR Andrei Grechko. No one knows exactly why.