Need a Name for a Nuclear Weapon? Launch an Online Contest

After announcing Russia had developed new nuclear weapons, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday invited the nation to offer names for some of them - apparently not worried by Britain's red-faced experience doing the same thing.   In 2016, the most popular choice in an online competition to name a British polar survey vessel was Boaty McBoatface. That ship was eventually christened the Sir David Attenborough in honor of the naturalist, but the goofy moniker became the name of one...

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