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February 2nd, 2005  
Doppleganger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Whispering Death
in 1995(?) Russian nuclear warning spotted an American missile heading towards Moscow. The president was rushed to a bunker. He had the nuclear computer-briefcase open infront of him and was staring it at wrestling with wheather to launch or not for minutes as the missle crossed into Russian airspace. He had less than 4 minutes before the deadline to launch when he got the information it was an equipment mistake. Less than 4 minutes.
If that had been 1985 and not 1995 then it would have been a HUGE decision to make. But in 1995 there was no reason at all for the US to launch a strike at Moscow and I'm sure Yeltsin (it was Yeltsin right?) knew that.
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