I guess the most scary stuff I read in quite some time: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19

I guess the most scary stuff I read in quite some time: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm... - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 - http://rbth.com/defence/2014/04/03/ultimate_deterrent_how_the_russian_perimeter_system_works_35633.html http://rbth.com/defence/2014/04/03/ultimate_deterrent_how_th... - http://archive.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/17-10/mf_deadhand?currentPage=all http://archive.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/17-10/mf... This had so many ways to end in tears and it still does.