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Cold War-era weapons technology ads featuring cute, cuddly toys

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From 1955 issues of Scientific American: Three ads for advanced weapons systems from Ford, featuring a cuddly teddy bear and toy soldier duo. Click here to see the full, uncropped version of the ad above. I like how the teddy bear is riding the torpedo Slim-Pickens-style, á la Dr. Strangelove.

(Copyranter, via Modern Mechanix.)

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