• Able Archer 83 was a military exercise conducted by NATO that took place in November 1983. It simulated a period of heightened nuclear tensions between...
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  • culmination of Exercise Autumn Forge. The exercise is best known for Able Archer 83, which began on November 7, 1983 and is believed to have nearly started...
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    chemical, nuclear, and conventional operations during a time of war. "Able Archer 83" was a five-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) command post...
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  • weapons. The codes were changed for Able Archer as there were new message formats and periods of radio silence. Able Archer 83 occurred just two months after...
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    Island. In November 1983, NATO conducted a military exercise known as "Able Archer 83". The realistic simulation of a nuclear attack by NATO forces caused...
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  • for Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan by BBC Persian in October 2017. Able Archer 83 Cold War (1979–85) Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Main Directorate for...
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    it was a false alarm until this could be confirmed by ground radar. Able Archer 83 was a command post exercise carried out by NATO military forces and...
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    war with the Soviet Union during the Able Archer 83 war scare. Perroots died on January 29, 2017, at the age of 83 following a short illness. Air Force...
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    the Soviet Union, when the Soviets misinterpreted the NATO exercise Able Archer 83 as a potential first strike, and identifying Mikhail Gorbachev as the...
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  • RYAN continued to be maintained until at least April 1989. Able Archer 83 Deutschland 83 Warsaw Pact Early Warning Indicator Project President's Foreign...
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  • leadership thinking, 'The Americans may attack, so we better attack first.'" Able Archer 83 – NATO military exercise that happened over a month after the Petrov...
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  • nominations were for Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, and Best Film Sound. Able Archer 83, NATO command post exercise that resulted in the 1983 nuclear war scare...
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    provoke opponents at peace to perceive it as such, as in the case of Able Archer 83. A Command Post Exercise (CPX) typically focuses on the battle readiness...
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    Scare That Wasn't: Able Archer 83 and the Myths of the Second Cold War". Journal of Cold War Studies. 22 (3): 86–118. Able Archer 83 was a routine NATO...
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  • exercise. Autumn Forge 83 was made up of at least six exercises, including: Able Archer 83, part of Exercise Able Archer Cold Fire 83, part of Exercise Cold...
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    pre-emptive nuclear strike and considered launching one during the Able Archer 83 crisis. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation...
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    protocols were re-evaluated and redesigned. List of nuclear close calls Able Archer 83 Dr. Strangelove EUCOM History Office (23 January 2012). "This Week in...
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  • Ceausescus in 2009. The production was a re-enactment of the trial, and IIPM was able to obtain testimonies from individuals directly involved in the Romanian...
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  • Complex and successfully hijacks a nuclear ICBM during military exercise Able Archer 83. Operators from NATO and Warsaw Pact countries are deployed to various...
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  • submarines such as the Delta class. After a peak in 1984 (following Able Archer 83), Russian PLARB deterrence patrols have declined to the point where...
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    Frankfurt-am-Main; (U.S.-based units): 1st Cavalry Division. Culminated in Able Archer 83. Reforger 84 "Certain Fury" SEP 1984 (Germany based units) USAREUR (U...
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    in nuclear defence. Tensions came to a head with the NATO exercise Able Archer 83, which, combined with other events like President Reagan's "Evil Empire"...
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    near Moneron Island on September 1. Tensions reached a height with the Able Archer 83 exercises in November 1983, during which the Soviets feared a pre-emptive...
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    1983 when the Soviet Union thought that the NATO military exercise Able Archer 83 was a ruse or "cover-up" to begin a nuclear first strike. The Soviets...
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  • American nuclear forces through the KGB's Operation RYAN, mistakes NATO's Able Archer 83 command post exercise for genuine preparations for a preemptive nuclear...
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    Watson (intellectual historian) Zersetzung Fear § Manipulation NATO Able Archer 83 UK Briggs Plan Information Research Department US specific: Information...
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  • Murder Incident (1976) Beagle conflict (1978) Iran hostage crisis (1979) Able Archer 83 (1983) Caldas' crisis (1987) Korean conflict (1945-ongoing) North Korea...
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    Crisis alarm 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash Yom Kippur War accidental false alarm 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident Cuban Missile Crisis Able Archer 83...
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    severely wounded in an explosive decompression accident. November 7 Able Archer 83: Many Soviet officials misinterpret this NATO exercise as a nuclear...
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