1983: The Year We Avoided Nuclear War

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

Turns out in 1983 there was a military exercise by NATO the Soviets thought was real. If they had reacted, the world would have ended.

 

[PinkFinal]

I've heard of this before

What a fuck up

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

I've heard of this before

What a fuck up

Yes it could have been bad.

 

[nmc]

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I've heard of this before

What a fuck up

Not really...

 

[waspish]

A cracking year for music.

 

[purplenose]

I remember it well. A very close shave all the ducks nearly lined up. Very few ever knew how close they came whilst going about their lives. Those years were incredibly dangerous.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

I remember it well. A very close shave all the ducks nearly lined up. Very few ever knew how close they came whilst going about their lives. Those years were incredibly dangerous.

They were, I watched a talk on Youtube a bit ago with one of the RN's top brass from back then, and he said we had a high level Soviet spy who told us if there was a war in Europe the Soviet plan was to nuke the uk, they thought with us out of the way the yanks wouldn't go all in.

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It’s not the only one either. There was actually one in 1995 too when Norwegian rocket launch was mistaken for an incoming missile. Yeltsin actually activated the Nuclear briefcase for that one.

The 1973 Arab/Israeli war is also listed as a close call with Israel confirming they were prepared to win the war using “drastic” measures.