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This isn't new; it's been known about in the west for decades -- the outcome of Yuri Andropov's Operation RYaN, and the way it coincided with the Able Archer ex
by cstross 11y ago
This isn't new; it's been known about in the west for decades -- the outcome of Yuri Andropov's Operation RYaN, and the way it coincided with the Able Archer exercises and the shooting down of flight KAL 007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RYAN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RYAN
(Looking back on 1983, I can only shake my head in wonderment that we survived, collectively and individually.)
- smacktoward 11y agoYeah, I know the basic story of the Able Archer war scare is not news, but I submitted this story because (1) it's a good overview of the incident for those who aren't familiar with it and (2) it includes information from a recently declassified report that shows the US government acknowledging how close things came to going off the rails, which I found interesting because previous government statements had been more dismissive.
- fortyseven 11y agoGood read! Thanks for posting it. :-)