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| ⚫ | '''Able Archer''' was a war game exercise in late 1983 which sparked off the second highest nuclear threat of the [[Cold War]]. Able Archer was a test of [[NATO]]'s nuclear-release procedures, but the [[USSR]] thought that Able Archer was a fake cover for a NATO attack. Unlike the [[Cuban missile crisis]], Able Archer happened without most of the the world's awareness. It was not until afterwards that the US realized how close it had come to [[nuclear war]]. |
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''Able Archer'' was the [[codename]] for a war game exercise in late [[1983]] which sparked off the second highest [[nuclear]] threat of the [[Cold War]]. |
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Revision as of 13:00, 16 August 2005
Able Archer was a war game exercise in late 1983 which sparked off the second highest nuclear threat of the Cold War. Able Archer was a test of NATO's nuclear-release procedures, but the USSR thought that Able Archer was a fake cover for a NATO attack. Unlike the Cuban missile crisis, Able Archer happened without most of the the world's awareness. It was not until afterwards that the US realized how close it had come to nuclear war.