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Molniya (explosive trap), Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molniya_(explosive_trap)
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Molniya (explosive trap), Wikipedia
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Molniya (Russian: молния, lit. 'lightning') was an explosive device used to booby trap certain buried or otherwise concealed containers used by the KGB to cache items, such as shortwave radio receivers, cryptographic materials, and allegedly even suitcase nuclear devices.
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