One incident like that happened in '79, when a training tape was accidentally fed into NORAD's displays and it showed a major Soviet ICBM attack. SAC put the alert bomber crews in their cockpits, a backup Looking Glass was actually scrambled, and a "Threat Assessment Conference" was convened with NORAD, SAC, and the Pentagon before other assets like BMEWS were able to confirm that there was no attack underway. NORAD later built an off-site facility to train its controllers so that it wouldn't happen again.
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Treat everyone you meet with kindness and respect, but always have a plan to kill them.
Old USMC Adage
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