[Valin]

Gee you don't suppose the hradware and software were upgraded do you? Nah, no one ever does that, particularly the soviets as they always produced state of the art hardware and software.

[Simon666]

Am I supposed to believe they translated operation manuals and completed testing on test stand and in the field all in under 6 months, and got approval? And the Soviets usually tried to do things with as little resources as possible, they wouldn't change an existing product if it was doing its job. And if it was NOT doing its job, it would probably have exploded anyway and you only gave them the opportunity to reverse engineer it, reaching the exact opposite of bringing the Soviets to a similar technological level.

Considering the pipeline to be above ground: what is the relevance of that? You still don't go building it in the winter as then you risk in the summer the ground will become unstable if thawing sets it.

[snopercod]

The story that was broadcast on PBS was that the trojan horse triggered itself on a certain date.