I got chills reading this story and thinking about it.
It is hard to think that our own American leaders (civilian and military) at times have been worthless and our saviors were actually on the enemy side of things. I suppose the Soviets were also lucky because our finger could also get rather touchy on the “button” and our leaders a tad paranoid. This is why the deal with North Korea is much worse than being reported. What if they actually launch and hit land? What happens if the Norks launch and China goes to Taiwan? How do we predict what China and Russia will do if we have a nuclear response let alone a conventional one?