6 hours ago30 minutes from nuclear war, how Russians were frightened by NATO exercise
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(5 years ago)A document presented in recent days by American intelligence shows how the Soviet Union was about to launch a nuclear attack during a NATO military exercise in 1983. The Communist bloc placed war bombers armed with high alert nuclear bombs in East Germany during a war rifle of”
The Communist bloc placed armed nuclear bomb bombers on high alert in East Germany during a war war rifle” promoted by the “Able Archer” exercise. NATO in November 1983.
According to the declassified document, Soviet leaders made preparations for the use of nuclear weapons and remained on alert for 30 minutes to attack enemy targets in one of the most tense moments of the Cold War.
It was known before that military exercise “Able Archer” in 83 caused panic in the Kremlin, but secret documents indicate in detail the Soviets' reaction to the case.
The “Able Archer” was an annual event of NATO military forces that simulated a escalation of the conflict involved and a nuclear attack to the east.
But in 1983 these exercises, which were conducted this time by Belgium, seemed very real to them, resulting in concerns in the Soviet hierarchy.
That year, NATO forces used a new coded communications system and includes senior government names, citing here and Margaret Thatcher.
The documents provided by “Washington Post” are seen as the Soviets reacted by raising the alarm at the bomber division in East Germany.
Nuclear bombs were loaded into an aircraft team at each regiment by the Su-17 war bomber divisions.
An intelligence report about a team in Neupupupy found that the aircraft had a sudden weight and balance problem during preparation.
U.S. intelligence analysts concluded it was because the team carried a war load they had never used before. /A2 CNN
