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		willismichael on April 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Nucleon, Ford's 1958 nuclear-powered concept c... > https://whatisnuclear.com/img/nuclear_rocket.jpg That looks like some sort of bio-mechanical abomination descended from Cthulhu.

time0ut on April 10, 2020 [–]

Funny you should mention it. A similar hypothetical weapons system is deployed against Cthulhu in the excellent short story A Colder War by Charles Stross.

See http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm

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