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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zhuquanzhong on 2024-04-19 01:20:20.

Original Title: TIL of Manfred Ramminger, a German architect who stole an American missile for the Soviet Union by walking into a West German air base, hauling the missile out in a wheelbarrow, driving it wrapped in a carpet, and finally disassembling it and shipping it to Moscow through commercial airmail.