Weekly magazine “Arguments and Facts” No. 33. What damage has been caused by the current fires? 18/08/2021
Is it true that the United States was going to launch a nuclear strike on the USSR in August 1984?
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The statement on the radio really was, & nbsp; & mdash; tells Candidate of Historical Sciences Alexander Bayramov.— & nbsp;Just the then US President Ronald Reagan he had a peculiar sense of humor and, according to an old acting habit, liked to improvise before performances.On August 11, 1984, he came to the radio studio for the traditional Saturday address and said: “My compatriots, today I am pleased to inform you that I have signed a decree on the outlawing of Russia for ever. Bombingit will start in 5 minutes. But the microphone was turned on, which the president, as they say, did not know about. It was the height of the Cold War, and the speech of the American president turned out to be convincing enough to cause panic in the United States and a harsh reaction in the USSR. According to some reports, the troops of the Strategic Missile Forces were put on high alert.