Strangelove is funny because it was true. Serious people really were doing studies on how to survive a nuclear war.

But just as in the movie it was politicians who weren't down with it. On both sides. Khrushchev was removed when his colleagues figured out just how close he got them to WW3.

Yes, Operation Teapot project 32.2a was a thing.

https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1...

Daniel Ellsberg, who had inside knowledge of US nuclear command and control procedures, described Dr Strangelove as pretty much a documentary.