A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered World War Three

Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by duxup on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @09:20AM (#18542430)

Mutually assured destruction makes sense if humans and information is perfect .... but it's not so it seems more like it is just a matter of time until it happens.

It is interesting to see how this plays out as the start of an exercise. I remember growing up in North Dakota and when the air force bases would run drills the sky would be filled with planes flying in formation .... no way you could tell if it was real or not (other than there not being any launches from the local ICBMs...).

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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by macspoofing on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @10:30AM (#18543013)

>Mutually assured destruction makes sense if humans and information is perfect .... but it's not so it seems more like it is just a matter of time until it happens.

Or not. If it is chance that prevents our self-destruction then you would expect it to already have happened. Seems like there is 'something' (for lack of a better word) to prevent it. Whatever it is, it seems to work and we're still here.

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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by duxup on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:29PM (#18544404)

I'm not sure the lack of self destruction in a short time frame means much, the events that have occurred were one decision away from the destruction part.

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