We explore the 1981-83 nuclear war scare, what caused it, and what almost set the missiles flying during the Able Archer 83 exercise. This episode offers some background, and an introduction to Operation RYaN, the Soviet effort to predict a U.S. first strike. Very dangerous days. This time on the Vault.
EP17: Cold War on Ice, Part Two: Camp Century
EP16: Cold War on Ice, Part One: Operation Bluejay
EP15: News, Missiles, and Radioactive Shrimp
EP14: Chernobyl and the Russian Woodpecker
EP13: The Otters of Amchitka, Part 3 - "Cannikin 71 and Don't Make a Wave"
EP12: The Otters of Amchitka, Part 2 - "Milrow 69 and Environmental Protest"
EP11: Fearmonger Fridays - "Terrorism vs. Apocalypse"
EP10: The Otters of Amchitka, Part 1
EP09: Fearmonger Fridays - "India and Pakistan and Kashmir, Oh My!"
EP08: The Story of the Net Evaluation Subcommittee, Part 4 - "McNamara's Wrath and a Window on War"
EP07: Fearmonger Fridays - "New Nukes for 2019"
EP06: The Story of the Net Evaluation Subcommittee, Part 3 - "John Kennedy and 11 Copies Destroyed"
EP05: Fearmonger Fridays - "Withdrawal from the INF"
EP04: The Story of the Net Evaluation Subcommittee, Part 2 - "Eisenhower's Crisis of Faith"
EP03: The Story of the Net Evaluation Subcommittee, Part 1
EP02: Last of the Cold War Kids
EP01: The View from Ground Zero
EP00: An Introduction to the Vault
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