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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by qaq on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:44PM (#12665404)
USSR had a much more potent military and I don't remember US employing a strategy of yielding to that.
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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by int_19h on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:52PM (#12665425)
No, but US didn't openly engage Soviet forces anywhere, either. In proxy wars, it was always covert for either side (as in e.g. Vietnam or Afghanistan), or sometimes both (as in many places in Africa).
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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by qaq on Friday October 07, 2016 @11:07PM (#12665476)
I specifically mentioned non military response.
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