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Re:Studies in Intelligence [pdf] by 082349872349872 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @07:20AM (#23712008)
Dr. Strangelove: "we must not allow a mineshaft gap": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y

A Boy and His Dog would continue the trope.

for the serious original, see p11 of https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2206.html

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Re:Studies in Intelligence [pdf] by politicdone on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:12AM (#23712274)
I wonder, is Dr Strangelove a parody of Wernher Von Braun?
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Re:Studies in Intelligence [pdf] by cyberbanjo on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:52AM (#23713076)
The real Dr Strangelove, Frank Barnaby suggests that Dr Strangelove may have been based on Henry Kissinger

New Scientist › letter › The real Dr Strangelove | New Scientist

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Re:Studies in Intelligence [pdf] by 082349872349872 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:40PM (#23715101)
https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg18224505-100-the-real-... argues for a composite persona. Note that Khan was the author of the RAND paper linked above.
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