Able Archer 83

Able Archer 83 esseva un exercitio militar de NATO de dece dies que comenciava 2 de novembre 1983 in le tote continente de Europa, e que simulava un delivration coordinate de armas nuclear. Fischer, "A Cold War Conundrum" Illo incorporava un nove, unic forma de communication de codices, silentio de radio, participation de chefes de stato, e un alerte simulate de DEFCON 1. 

Le natura realistic del exercitio, etiam con le relationes deteriorante inter le Statos Unite e Union Sovietic, causava que alicun leaders in Moscova, inter alia dictator Iuri Andropov, credeva que Able Archer 83 esseva un ver indication que le NATO se preparava pro exequer un surprenante colpo nuclear. Andropov proque respondeva par altiar le nivello de alerte del fortias nuclear sovietic durante alcun dies usque le fin del exercitio. Andrew and Gordievsky, Comrade Kryuchkov's Instructions, 85-87; Beth Fischer, Reagan Reversal, 123,131; Pry, War Scare, 37-39; Fischer, "A Cold War Conundrum" 

 Referentias 

 Ligamines externe 
 SNIE 11-10-84 
 Did East German Spies Prevent A Nuclear War? per Vojtech Mastny
 CNN Cold War - Spotlight: War games
 The Straight Dope: Operation Able Archer: Were the United States and the Soviet Union on the brink of nuclear war?

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