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'''Able Archer''' was a war game exercise in late 1983 which sparked off the second highest nuclear threat of the [[Cold War]]. Able Archer was a test of [[NATO]]'s nuclear-release procedures, but the Soviets[[USSR]] thought that Able Archer was a fake cover for a NATO attack. Unlike the [[Cuban Missile Crisis|Cubanmissile crisis]], Able Archer happened without most of the the world's awareness. It was not until afterwards that the US realized how close it had come to [[nuclear war]].

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''Able Archer'' was the [[codename]] for a war game exercise in late [[1983]] which sparked off the second highest [[nuclear]] threat of the [[Cold War]].

Able Archer was a test of [[NATO]]'s nuclear-release procedures, but the Soviets thought that Able Archer was a fake cover for a NATO attack. Unlike the [[Cuban Missile Crisis|Cuban crisis]], Able Archer happened without most of the the world's awareness.

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It was not until afterwards that the US realized how close it had come to nuclear war.

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