Nuke games, et al

[mahnmut]

How a war game brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster



...So the US/UK decided to play a game and taunt the Russkies, and when the Russkies decided to play along, the former two freaked out and shat their pants, eh?

OMFGLOLZ.

Comments

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

If someone still thinks the world is shittier than ever now, they better look at the first half of the 20th century. Or why not even the second half.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

The intelligence community and the camp followers really had a collective coronary over this, and understandably so.

We all almost went bang. Again.

One day we'll do it right, and then where will we be?

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

I've heard the caves are really beautiful at this time of year.