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Topics => History => Topic started by: Libertas on November 02, 2013, 11:00:03 AM

Title: More evidence that the Soviets were much more willing to go hot in the cold war
Post by: Libertas on November 02, 2013, 11:00:03 AM

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/02/nato-war-game-nuclear-disaster (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/02/nato-war-game-nuclear-disaster)

Able Archer November 1983.  I wonder if Reagan ever picked up the hotline and yelled "It was an exercise, comrade dumbass!"?

Title: Re: More evidence that the Soviets were much more willing to go hot in the cold war
Post by: Glock32 on November 02, 2013, 11:33:43 AM

Yeah pretty much the only thing that stopped them from going Full Retard was a junior officer in their missile launch detection program. He surmised that their satellite was picking up false indicators of missile launches and overrode the computer multiple times. The Soviets later rewarded him in their usual way.

Actually the Leftists like pointing to this story as somehow being proof that the reckless cowboy Reagan nearly provoked the cool headed and rational USSR into defending itself. Everything is always America's fault and there's never been a group of bad guys they didn't become infatuated with.