A large scale exercise like that nearly started WWIII back in 1983. The Soviets had become extremely worried about an American first strike and were watching fo

A large scale exercise like that nearly started WWIII back in 1983. The Soviets had become extremely worried about an American first strike and were watching for any signs that one might be imminent. Then a bunch of high-level NATO people did exactly what they would have done if nuclear war were breaking out. Thankfully the exercises ended before the Soviets decided they needed to carry out a preemptive strike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83