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Terrifying stuff... and then two months later NATO pulls off operation Able Archer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab
by mootothemax 17y ago
Terrifying stuff... and then two months later NATO pulls off operation Able Archer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83
A part of me rather likes the thought that if we're all going to perish, it's because of someone's cock-up.
- jacquesm 17y agoFrom the wikipedia article: > culminating in a coordinated nuclear release You have to love the language in there. Pinnacle of euphemisms, kill a few million people and call it a 'coordinated nuclear release'.
- mootothemax 17y agoI saw this hypothetical nuclear war scenario linked on HN a few days ago, it shares the same kinda language: http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/nuclearwar1.html http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/nuclearwar1.html The UK produced a series of short TV programs to be broadcast in the event of impending nuclear war called "Protect and Survive." Check them out on YouTube, there's something terrifying about the calm language used.