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Scot Dutchy wrote:

Rome Existed wrote:

andyx1205 wrote: The Soviets were fucking insane though for putting missiles there.

As insane as the US for putting nukes around the USSR?

Yes it was an insane period. How did we ever managed to pull through?

Blind luck.

Take the 1980s when that Soviet in charge of pressing the button decided not to when the computer was telling him that the US had launched.

Turned out the warning sat had seen sunlight reflecting off a cloud and thought it was a launch. That close all over reflection.