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Earth Redesigned
Bond villains of the late 1970s plotted global genocide, reflecting real fears that nuclear weapons would wipe out life in earth. In The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Karl Stromberg aims to undermine MAD -- Mutually Assured Destruction -- a strategy where neither side can expect to survive massive nuclear strikes. His plan: trick the superpowers into all-out war. In Moonraker (1979), Hugo Drax hopes to use chemical weapons to depopulate the Earth. Each wants to create civilization anew: Stromberg in an undersea world and Drax breeding his race of perfect humans in space. |