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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by gerikson on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:57AM (#27603030)
Title kind of implies Alaska was part of the USSR...
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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by larrybud on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:14AM (#27603116)
Yeah, the title uses the adjective incorrectly. It should be “… Alaska’s Cold-War era …l
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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by lb1lf on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:58AM (#27603405)
-Well, it had, after all, been bought from the predecessors of the USSR less than a century earlier...
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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by helsinkiandrew on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:58PM (#27606791)
Yes, I thought my knowledge of US history was worse than I imagined. “Cold War Era” would have been better.
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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by decadancer on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:59AM (#27604017)
It technically was?
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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by InitialLastName on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:38AM (#27605051)
Technically, it wasn't.

Alaska was purchased by the US in 1867 from the Russian Empire [0]. The USSR didn't exist until 1922[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

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Re:Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska’s Soviet-Era Antennas by decadancer on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:38AM (#27605752)
We were told in history class it was a 100 year rent, which technically would mean it belonged to USSR upon it creation, but it seems to be a myth
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