20 Mishaps That Might Have Started Accidental Nuclear War

**Terrister** · 09-27-2006, 08:00 AM

http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key...uclear-war.htm

mimo2005 · 09-27-2006, 09:37 AM

This is scary !

**RZA** · 09-27-2006, 09:38 AM

A long read, but an interesting article.

**Terrister** · 09-27-2006, 11:40 AM

I knew about some of this from reading secret docs about the Cuban Missile thing when I was in the Air Force. But there was a lot more going on than I knew about.

ebackhus · 09-27-2006, 12:49 PM

Sometimes I think people are just itching for any reason to hit that red butan.

**Cellus** · 09-27-2006, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ebackhus

Sometimes I think people are just itching for any reason to hit that red butan.

Let's not forget the movie Wargames.

**DJ-Zep** · 09-27-2006, 04:03 PM

I didn't notice that these happened so often!

**Terrister** · 09-27-2006, 06:20 PM

I am sure all of this was big time classified until just a few years ago.The military hates to admit they make these kind of mistakes.

**Cellus** · 09-27-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Terrister

I am sure all of this was big time classified until just a few years ago.The military hates to admit they make these kind of mistakes.

Wouldn't you?

"I remember back in the day we were this close," he pinches his craggly fingers, "to armageddon because of a curious bear."
Little Bobby's eyes bulge in awe, "Jeewiz Grandpa! I can't believe we almost all died because of one bear..."
He tisks, flicking the spent ashes of his pipe into the slumbering fireplace.
"The bear was probably hungry. Isn't that reason enough?"

GarnetCompy · 09-27-2006, 10:33 PM

Combine this with the mistakes that I'm sure the Soviets made, and we're pretty lucky to still be around. I guess we had some cool-headed individuals nearby that button.

bry623 · 09-28-2006, 06:36 AM

detente
Mutual Assured Destruction
The Truman Doctrine.

'nuff said

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