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  • Able Archer 83: The NATO Exercise That Almost Started World War III
    October 13, 2025

    Able Archer 83: The NATO Exercise That Almost Started World War III

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  • Dead Hand: The Real-Life Soviet Doomsday Machine Dr. Strangelove Warned Us About
    May 24, 2025

    Dead Hand: The Real-Life Soviet Doomsday Machine Dr. Strangelove Warned Us About

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  • Operation Candid: The Queen, the Cold War, and the Yacht That Could Outrun Armageddon
    February 20, 2025

    Operation Candid: The Queen, the Cold War, and the Yacht That Could Outrun Armageddon

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  • How the UK Depends on the BBC Show “Today” to Prevent Doomsday
    April 23, 2020

    How the UK Depends on the BBC Show “Today” to Prevent Doomsday

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  • Tax Strategies for the Apocalypse
    April 22, 2020

    Tax Strategies for the Apocalypse

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  • Jimmy Carter’s Nuclear Launch Code Mishap: A Dry Cleaning Blunder
    June 12, 2018

    Jimmy Carter’s Nuclear Launch Code Mishap: A Dry Cleaning Blunder

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  • Nuclear War False Alarms That Almost Triggered World War 3
    January 5, 2015

    Nuclear War False Alarms That Almost Triggered World War 3

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  • Vasili Arkhipov: The Man Who Prevented World War III
    January 5, 2015

    Vasili Arkhipov: The Man Who Prevented World War III

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