medium machine

medium machine
   an atomic bomb
   The Soviet Russian equivalent of similar American and British false names intended to deceive, from the tank onwards:
    ... Yepishev had been... Deputy People's Commissar for Medium Machine Building... 'What's a medium machine?'... 'Code-name for Soviet atomic bomb programme.' (R. Harris, 1998)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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