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Cuban missile crisis: The other, secret one 
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http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19930260

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Good work that man!

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Impressive that he had the balls to do that.

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Impressive that he had the balls to do that.


+1, mind you, who wants the potential alternative to be their last thought :lol:

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l3v1ck wrote:
Impressive that he had the balls to do that.


+1, mind you, who wants the potential alternative to be their last thought :lol:

My mum once told me that it was a very nervous time back then. Everyone thought that they were going to be dead within weeks.

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In somewhat related news

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/c ... ite-378904

Scott seems to have a fascination with that time period/chain of events, did a good job with The Company on TV.

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My mum once told me that it was a very nervous time back then. Everyone thought that they were going to be dead within weeks.

I don't think I was even aware of the cold war until the Berlin wall fell. But then I wan only 10ish at the time.

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Amnesia10 wrote:
My mum once told me that it was a very nervous time back then. Everyone thought that they were going to be dead within weeks.

I don't think I was even aware of the cold war until the Berlin wall fell. But then I wan only 10ish at the time.

I was aware during the mid seventies when they had the Protect and Survive campaign and we all had to prepare for a nuclear strike.

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