References in Popular Culture
- In Stanley Kubrick's movie Dr. Strangelove, the notion of a "bomber gap" is parodied when the character of Buck Turgidson (a Pentagon general) declares that the United States "cannot afford a mineshaft gap" when discussing the use of mineshafts as nuclear fallout shelters.
- In Mark Brazill, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner's U.S. TV Sitcom That '70s Show, "Who Wants It More", Donna and Eric are doing a report for school on the Arms Race between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. in his bedroom. After several "study breaks" in which they make out, the two disagree over the "bomber gap." Donna suggests that the U.S.S.R. started the Arms Race with the "Bomber Gap," and Eric laughs the notion off as silly which ends his chances for more "study breaks."
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