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Old 09-27-2022, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by chico20854 View Post
September 11, 1997
Surviving Soviet Naval Aviation Backfire bombers launch a raid against British fixed coastal radar stations, blasting many of them with a mix of conventional and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.
Is that the first ever nuclear strike on the British Isles?
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