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- dredmorbius 6y agoDevelopment beginning in 1967, three years after the release of Dr. Strangelove, and mostly not functional until the 1980s. Whether the film merely anticipated or actually inspired the weapons management system isn't clear. American Cold War strategist and generally charming sprite Herman Kahn's 1960 book On Thermonuclear War inspired Kubrik. https://archive.org/details/onthermonuclearw00kahn/page/n5/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/onthermonuclearw00kahn/page/n5/m...