Vladimir Putin Praises Communist Spies in U.S. for Stealing U.S. Nuclear Secrets

[FrankRep]

Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets


Reuters
Feb 22, 2012


Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to U.S. power.

Spies with suitcases full of data helped the Soviet Union build its atomic bomb, he told military commanders.

"You know, when the States already had nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels," Putin said, according to state-run Itar-Tass.

"The were carrying the information away not on microfilm but literally in suitcases. Suitcases!"

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[FrankRep]

I was right. You should have listened.
- Joseph McCarthy

[bluesc]

Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power

Bad reporting. The Soviet Union would have developed nuclear weapons one way or another. The espionage only expedited the development by between a few months and a few years.

[swissaustrian]

Antony Suttton did great research on voluntary (!) technology transfer from the US to the USSR.

[Lishy]

I might not like Putin at all. Whatsoever. But considering our administration inside America right now, having them as the sole nuclear power would have been SCARY!

[Jeremy]

I might not like Putin at all. Whatsoever. But considering our administration inside America right now, having them as the sole nuclear power would have been SCARY!

Especially to the Japanese.