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When Soviet nuclear warning system showed a US missile strike, he just waited - and saved the world
National Post ^
| May 15, 2015
| Colin Freeman
Posted on 05/16/2015 6:09:02 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels
That’s a very interesting read. I often wondered how close we came to destruction, and how often.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:20:07 AM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: rickmichaels
From near the end of the article:
Where did you get the idea that we wanted to attack? We, too, only had weapons for defence, Petrov tells him. Damn the politicians we all want to live without fear that this world can be destroyed.
He may very well be correct in that assertion.
Unfortunately, we all now face an opponent that demonstrates on a regular basis that it revels in the attack and eagerly looks forward to death.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:24:59 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: rickmichaels
I’m of the opinion that our Constitution would have fared better in the wake of a nuclear attack as opposed to the constant drip-drip-drip of liberals, progressives & federal bureaucrats...
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:27:47 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:28:28 AM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(B.L.O.A.T. - B.I.T.S. !)
To: rickmichaels
Damn the politicians we all want to live without fear that this world can be destroyed.Truer words are hard to find.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:30:11 AM PDT
by
Thumper1960
(A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
To: DuncanWaring
Unfortunately, we all now face an opponent that demonstrates on a regular basis that it revels in the attack and eagerly looks forward to death. An interesting way of describing the current Administration.
Sadly, I realize that your reference is directed elsewhere.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:30:21 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: logi_cal869
I caught that too, our biggest threat isn’t overseas.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:33:43 AM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: rickmichaels
“if they were going to attack pre-emptively, they would do so with more than just five missiles.”
Nice to know that we can safely deliver up to five MRV’s
safely to Russia.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:36:22 AM PDT
by
Slambat
To: rickmichaels
We had a much closer call than this event...
Read “Red Rogue”...in 1969 a Soviet nuclear sub actually launched a nuclear missile at Pearl Harbor...
Thank God the Kremlin had secretly installed protocols for stopping a Rouge attack...
Without the extra codes from the Kremlin the missiles exploded in the tubes...when launched...
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:39:59 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:40:45 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:41:15 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: logi_cal869
You’re correct.
It’s not much of a stretch to apply it to the current regime.
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posted on
05/16/2015 6:51:32 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: rickmichaels
Now that Obongo is in the White House, they are upping the ante.
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posted on
05/16/2015 7:07:51 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: DuncanWaring
Interesting handle. British MD residing in America, are you?
To: DuncanWaring
Unfortunately, we all now face an opponent that demonstrates on a regular basis that it revels in the attack and eagerly looks forward to death.And we should give them what they eagerly look forward to at every opportunity. Killing any male Muslim over ten years of age is merely preemptive self defense.
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posted on
05/16/2015 7:19:21 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: rickmichaels
. . . prompted Ronald Reagans infamous remark that the Soviet Union was an evil empire.Infamous, maybe. 100% accurate, for sure.
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posted on
05/16/2015 7:20:12 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
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posted on
05/16/2015 8:30:42 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Popman
1968 and not really. The missile exploded in the tube during a test.
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posted on
05/16/2015 8:34:15 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
Did you read the book...?
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posted on
05/16/2015 8:39:34 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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