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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

That it’s a crossbow designed by a government in possession of nuclear weapons and the capacity to make and use more. Which is just kinda strange ya know

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe it was actually just an ordinary crossbow, but was shown here to make the KGB think it was special and waste resources trying to figure it out!