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Oh they'd know. The real question is would they have told the public it was an internal accident? Or do some wonderful media-spin and blame whatever country the

• Dove 13y ago
  No one "felt like" going to war during the Cold War. Avoiding war was the top priority in everyone's mind. And I mean everyone -- leadership, public, on both sides. That's why it was a cold war. If anyone on either side had wanted a hot one, they could have started it easily a dozen times over.
  • coldtea 13y ago
    >No one "felt like" going to war during the Cold War. Avoiding war was the top priority in everyone's mind. And I mean everyone -- leadership, public, on both sides. "Noone" felt like going to war with the big other superpower. As for places of strategic interest, they absolutely LOVED going to war over them, Korea, Vietnam, tons of Latin America, etc etc.