Mahalaxmi Ramanathan
Mahalaxmi Ramanathan

@MahalaxmiRaman

4 تغريدة Jul 18, 2024
#EuroMissile Crisis
What happened last time #US put Missiles targeting #Moscow in heart of #Europe?
#Biden Administration’s plans to station long-range Missiles in #Germany 🇩🇪. In 1980s #Euromissile crisis brought the world to the brink of annihilation.....
2⃣◻️ #European #NATO allies took delivery of hundreds of #US #PershingIIBallistic, #Tomahawk Nuclear Cruise Missiles in 1983, in accordance with a 1979 pact to deploy weapons that could reach the #USSR if #Moscow did not eliminate its INTERMEDIATE-RANGE Missiles. ..
3⃣Deployment sparked the #EuroMissileCrisis – resulting in the largest peace protests in #Europe in over a century. The fears caused by Euromissiles were not mere paranoia. In November 1983 #Moscow put its Nuclear ☢️ Forces on hair trigger alert in preparation respond to #NATO
4⃣◻️ Aggression after the alliance kicked off its Able Archer war games, which simulated an all-out attack on the #USSR. #NATO didn’t recognize the seriousness of the nuclear danger caused by its provocations until many years later.

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