Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
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Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
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Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#2Considering a pizza oven doesn’t require titanium… that’s a strange cover story.
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#3Considering a pizza oven doesn’t require titanium… that’s a strange cover story.
They didn't know that at the time. Not an outrageous story as hotter is generally better for pizza ovens.
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#4Considering a pizza oven doesn’t require titanium… that’s a strange cover story.
They didn't know that at the time. Not an outrageous story as hotter is generally better for pizza ovens.
> They didn't know that at the time.
Hard to imagine they even tried to find out as the lie would quickly become obvious with just a little effort.
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#5So you're saying those uranium-powered baby monitors probably aren't on the up-and-up?
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#6Considering a pizza oven doesn’t require titanium… that’s a strange cover story.
Forget wood fired pizza, titanium fired pizza has a way better flavor.
I wonder if they really used the pizza alibi for all the titanium or if they diversified. Did they really put all their eggs in one basket?
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#7> After all, they fraudulently possibly told their comrades that the United States was a lazy country that probably couldn’t even cook for itself. They need it to go out to buy pizza…
This is a weird dig at the soviets, who were probs just happy to to find some customers to justify having already dug up all the ore. The fraudster seem to be the Americans in this case?
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#8when is OK to trust a liar?
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#9Considering a pizza oven doesn’t require titanium… that’s a strange cover story.
The capitalists are decadent bourgeois pigs, who could fathom the whims of their lifestyles?
(this is a joke)
Re: Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
#10But why would a pilot be privy to the materials sourcing operations?