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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Well, on the bad side, it could have led to the end of the world as we know it. On the good side, if the balloon had gone up, I might have gotten the commission I was otherwise denied... 
I wonder if SGM Mills (one of my ROTC instructors) knew about all that. He had pipelines into just about everywhere in the armed forces, including those in other countries -- it was a benefit of being in the special ops community for so long. |
As I understand it, it was only the Kremlin that thought the West was going to attack in October 1983, and was getting ready to push the button. Outside of there, it was only a normal NATO exercise. The West was oblivious to the whole scare for years.