AlienFTM Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 25 years ago today the world was racing toward Armageddon by Mutual Assured Destrustion as the KGB concluded that Exercise Able Archer was a cover to mobilise NATO nuclear forces and launch a pre-emptive strike against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Chairman Andropov, former head of the KGB had spent his year in the post twisting the KGB's arm to prove that NATO were about to launch such a strike and the Soviet Union was not to be caught unready as they had by Barbarossa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 There was a good docu drama about this on channel 4 some months back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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