>>27742302I believe it was put there to fuck with U.S dignitaries during a victory parade or something. Soviet put stacks of ERA on top of each other, knowing that it would be photographed and sent back to the US. Back in pentagon, many eggheads spent much time not knowing fucks until they figured out it was a ruse.
I know from some sources that FOA(now FOI) defense research agency of sweden did something similar like 20 years ago. On an international NBC weapons expo they had made ties to hand out as an promotional item to various people. As their motif they had printed the formulas of various chemical weapons on the tie. Among the formulas they had added a random made up formula. Cue groups of chemical weapons specialist standing in groups staring at their ties, having whispered intense discussions trying to figure out what kind of new chemical agent Sweden had discovered.