The 16 Nuclear Crises of the Cold War
This is a nice little page with information on the 16 different times when there was a threat of nuclear weapons use... A chart including the name, year, length, who threatened to use the nukes, and number of strategic weapons owned by the US and USSR... Also more detailed explanation of events.
So, out of 16, guess who threated to use Nukes 14 times? You guessed it! The unimposing United States of America.
Heh. That's just one more little fact you can throw at people when they ask why other countries think we're such a nasty nation...
This is a nice little page with information on the 16 different times when there was a threat of nuclear weapons use... A chart including the name, year, length, who threatened to use the nukes, and number of strategic weapons owned by the US and USSR... Also more detailed explanation of events.
So, out of 16, guess who threated to use Nukes 14 times? You guessed it! The unimposing United States of America.
Heh. That's just one more little fact you can throw at people when they ask why other countries think we're such a nasty nation...