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Actually, no. Back during the Cold War, Russia sent "trawlers" close to the US all of the time. No nukes were fired.
by greglindahl 10y ago
Actually, no. Back during the Cold War, Russia sent "trawlers" close to the US all of the time. No nukes were fired.
- revelation 10y agoThis makes the point. (We are still around after all, so yes, "no nukes were fired")
- greglindahl 10y agoI think you're missing the point. The US policy is symmetric. Here's the agreement signed with the USSR to try to reduce the possibility of collisions etc with the "trawlers" that the USSR had parked in international waters outside US naval bases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Soviet_Incidents_at_Sea_agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Soviet_Incidents_...
- miles 10y agoNo nukes were fired. Only by some divine Providence. Or this guy: Vasili Arkhipov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili... You (and Almost Everyone You Know) Owe Your Life to This Man. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/25/you-and-almost-everyone-you-know-owe-your-life-to-this-man/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/25/you-and-a...