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Originally Posted by stevej37
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In the mid 1980s, a Russian was at hiis post at their equivalent of NORAD. He was under orders that if the computer showed a US launch of missiles, he was to contact Moscow so they could launch a retaliation. He saw one, then two, three and four and five, but no more. He felt sure that if the USA were to launch a first strike, they would send hundreds, not just a handful. Then they all went away. They discovered it was solar radiation off of clouds. They improved the detection methods, and solved that issue. Only because he hesitated to start WW3 were we spared. We only learned of it after the Soviet Union collapsed.