In Dr. Strangelove (1964), the USSR builds a Doomsday Machine to function as a credible deterrent to a nuclear first strike against them, but keeps it secret. Dr. Strangelove famously remarks:
The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost… if you keep it a secret! Why didn’t you tell the world, eh?!
In Dr. Strangelove (1964), the USSR builds a Doomsday Machine to function as a credible deterrent to a nuclear first strike against them, but keeps it secret. Dr. Strangelove famously remarks:
The USSR actually built such a system and kept it secret.
(Typo: You say the US when you meant the USSR.)
Ah right. I was misremembering the plot. The conversation happened in the US, but the system was built by the USSR :-)
See also: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/almost-everything-in-dr-strangelove-was-true