It Doesn't Have To Be Right…

… it just has to sound plausible

The future we used to have, part 24

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Here’s some twentieth-century somewhat scary techno-porn in lieu of real content, while I (supposedly) work on some new fiction – including Apollo Quartet 4 All That Outer Space Allows – some book reviews, and some non-fiction articles on various science fiction tropes.

air

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Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter

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Sukhoi Su-15 ‘Flagon’

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Mikoyan MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’

sea

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HMS Kent, a County class destroyer, Royal Navy

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HMS Victorious, Royal Navy

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Alfa class hunter/killer submarine, Red Navy

land

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Atom Proof City, from Look Magazine, 26 October 1948

missilecontrolroom

Missile Control Centre in a Minuteman II silo

NORADBlast-Doors

Blast door, NORAD, Cheyenne Mountain

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