"Newly-Declassified US Documents Reveal How Close The Soviet" Topic
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Tango01  | 20 Feb 2021 8:44 p.m. PST |
… Union Came To Launching A Nuclear Attack During A NATO Weapons Exercise In 1983 "Newly released US intelligence files show how close the Soviet Union came to launching a nuclear attack during a NATO weapons exercise in 1983. The Communist bloc put fighter bombers strapped with nuclear bombs on high alert in East Germany during a 'war scare' prompted by a NATO exercise in Western Europe called Able Archer in November 1983. Soviet leader Yuri Andropov made 'preparations for the immediate use of nuclear weapons' and forces were on 30-minute standby to destroy enemy targets in what was one of the tensest moments of the Cold War…"
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The declassified documents are here ….
"Able Archer War Scare "Potentially Disastrous"
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| Oddball | 21 Feb 2021 10:37 a.m. PST |
In the background of the photo from 1983 looking at Coretta Scott King is Joe Biden, then a having already served 10 years as a senator. Also is Ted Kennedy in the crowd. |
| SBminisguy | 21 Feb 2021 1:54 p.m. PST |
Also is Ted Kennedy in the crowd. Good 'ol Ted -- the man who contacted the Soviets to help him with his 1984 run for the presidency… |
| Tango01 | 21 Feb 2021 3:32 p.m. PST |
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| Nick Bowler | 21 Feb 2021 6:16 p.m. PST |
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| walkabout | 21 Feb 2021 10:53 p.m. PST |
Don't bother us with facts. |
 Legion 4 | 22 Feb 2021 9:37 a.m. PST |
"Never let the truth get in the away of a good !" … My buddy from TX said that ! 🤠🐎 |
| Legion 4 | 22 Feb 2021 5:18 p.m. PST |
DOH !!! Never let the truth get in the way of a good story ! [Was in a hurry and I'm  ] |
| Tango01 | 23 Feb 2021 12:21 p.m. PST |
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adds APCs to his Israeli forces.