Today in Strangeness: On this date in 1995, Russia was mere moments away from starting a nuclear war after it detected a missile being launched from Norway. For the first time in Russian history, the countrys leaders activated their nuclear suitcases in anticipation of what they believed would be a Soviet counter-strike. After eight tense minutes, it was determined that the missile was not an impending attack against Russia. Later, it was revealed that the missile was, in fact, a Norwegian scientific craft and that Russia had been informed of the event but that the information never made its way down to those in charge of monitoring the skies over the country. history/this-day-in-history/near-launching-of-russian-nukes
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:33:15 +0000
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