Other than during the Cuban Missile Crisis, what times in history was there a serious threat of nuclear war?
One time in like the 80's I think NATO was doing a preemptive strike exercise and didn't tell Moscow. Long story short, humanity all most died for no fucking reason.
>>359474
>Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Cтaниcлáв Eвгpáфoвич Пeтpóв; born 1939 in Odessa, Ukraine[1]) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On September 26, 1983, just three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile, followed by another one and then up to five more, were being launched from the United States. Petrov judged the report to be a false alarm,[2] and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in large-scale nuclear war. Investigation later confirmed that the satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned.[3]
The Norwegian rocket incident, also known as the Black Brant scare, occurred on January 25, 1995, when a team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII four-stage sounding rocket from the Andoya Rocket Range off the northwestern coast of Norway. The rocket, which carried scientific equipment to study the aurora borealis over Svalbard, flew on a high northbound trajectory, which included an air corridor that stretches from Minuteman III nuclear missile silos in North Dakota, all the way to the Russian capital city of Moscow.[1]
>During its flight, the rocket eventually reached an altitude of 1,453 kilometers (903 mi), resembling a U.S. Navy submarine-launched Trident missile. As a result, fearing a high altitude nuclear attack that could blind Russian radar, Russian nuclear forces were put on high alert, and the nuclear weapons command suitcase was brought to Russian president Boris Yeltsin,[1][2] who then had to decide whether or not to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike against the United States.[1][2][3]
>>359474
*almost
I need a cup of coffee.
Battle of Tours.
>>359374
During the Yom Kippur war, you had both American and Soviet forces stationed in the Med with authorization to use tactical nuclear weapons should it become necessary. Them hanging around each other for a month probably counts.
>>359548
God I hope no one ignorant of the consequences of using nukes is given control of their use.
>>359517
>Boris fucking Yeltsin was put in a position to wipe out the fucking Earth
If he was fucking pissed as per usual then that would've been the end of it. Holy fuck.
>>359374
Checkpoint Charlie tank mexican stand-off
that time some Russian guy saw a huge radar signal and decided to double check
I remember reading about a time where some animal had tripped an Air Base's alarms, and the bombers had been fueled up and sent off. It took an officer speeding down the runway in a jeep to flag down the bombers and prevent armageddon.
Also, I find it kind of poetically funny that the animal that tripped the alarm was a bear.
Nobody's mentioned the Korean War yet?
>>359374
The Pakistan-North Korea-Russia triple nuclear standoff in 2007.
The world was MUCH closer to a global nuclear war than the Cuban crisis.
Currently with the tension between Pakistan and India.
Both are nuclear nations and both have made threats to destroy the other within the past couple of years.
>>359374
Both UK and France have nuclear submarines sailing around as part of their nuclear dissuasion program.
Both patrol around the Channel and, as they are dessigned to be undetectable, they have collide a couple of times in the past.
>>360211
3scary5me
>>360207
This, it was so soon after the development of nuclear weapons that the idea of a nuclear war being a world-ending catastrophe hadn't really formed yet, and tactical nuclear weapon use was legitimately considered. Even before MacArthur went full retard wanting to nuke China, Truman and the other generals were seriously considering using nuclear weapons on the North until the Chinese got involved.
>>360211
BS
No one had actually the DPRK's back and Russia and America sure as hell weren't going to nuke each other over them.
>>359374
Ww2
>>360211
This, hands down.
Perhaps the scariest global moment since WWII.
All three sides had mobilized all of their nukes and their entire armed forces. Everyone was evacuating the cities. Pakistan had to evacuate Karachi (a city of 25 million) in less than 24 hours. Pyongyang was a ghost town. Moscow, St. Petersberg - all empty.
The commanders were literally sitting there with the coordinates punched in and their fingers on the button, just waiting for the signal, while the leaders of the three nations tried to talk over phone.
If it wasn't for Musharraf's quick diplomacy, we'd be living in a nuclear winter right now.
>>360234
The Pakis apparently mobilized their nukes at one point without their leader knowing. Like, the US called saying "What the hell are you doing with your nukes" and he was like "What do you mean?"
Sounds like bullshit lads
>>360820
Holy shit you guys. How is humanity going to survive in long run if we are stuck on one planet full of countries with nukes on sensitive triggers and occasionally run by incompetent people? I can't take this.
>>360211
>>360349
>>360411
August 1945
>>359374
1973 Ramadan War
>>360234
this is not correct, India has a no first strike policy,meaning we will only use nuclear weapons in a retaliatory strike if nuclear weapons(yes even if low yield tactical ones are used against our conventional forces we'll answer with strategic 230kt+ warheads on major paki military establishments)
furthermore India has K-4 SLBMs and a indigenous SSBN that effectively gives us the strength to strike anyone(yes even the americas).
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use#India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Missile_family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-4_(SLBM)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagarika_(missile)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Arihant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arihant-class_submarine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni_(missile)
>>362230
Do Indian submarines have loos?
>>362204
That doesn't make the post incorrect.
India has threatened Pakistan with military attack if they continue supporting terrorism. This escalated with the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Pakistan has very clearly stated that if India were to attack, they would have no problems using nuclear weapons to stop the Indian advance.
In return, India has made it clear if Pakistan used a single nuclear device against them, they would be the target of every single nuke in the Indian arsenal.
So both sides are on the brink. Even with a no first strike policy the risk is incredibly high. Especially when you consider shit like this >>360820
If an attack the magnitude of the 2008 attacks or worse occurred, there is the very real chance of nuclear war between Pakistan and India.
>>362289
Which, given the size and the yield of the two countries arsenals, would be a devastating regional event, not a devastating worldwide event unless other people joined in in nuke-slinging for some reason.
>>360411
>nuclear winter
No such thing friendo.
Stick around for some Oppenheimer threads on /k/
>>362298
Which.... Has nothing to do with the thread?
OP asked when was the last threat of a nuclear war, not worldwide nuclear devastation.
>>362204
>we
Stop embarrassing India,please
Arihant hasn't been inducted
Neither is K-4
And even if it was we couldn't strike America, SOSUS would see us coming and US Hunter Killers would intercept our Subs
the meal in the 90s between us and russian...where they were served mad cow meat...holy cow these two world powers are going mad.
>>363016
put more flouride in food please...
>>363016
there's no better way to limit intelligence lol. maybe that's why a famed president was famous for importing his food...
>>360256
there were russian subs off the coast of ireland not too long ago
>>359374
Which Arab-israeli war was it when Israel threatened to nuke everything
>>359374
I'm sure there are plenty of near-starter incidents that were never made public.
>>362241
No, but they do have poop decks.
One time we accidentally nuked Franco.
>>359374
on the topic: who nuked shit in the Vela incident, bros? my money's on Israel/Soof Effreka
>>359605
Nah, shit would have been fine. He was a jolly drunk, remember.
>>359509
How many fucking times have Soviets saved everyone's asses by not escalating world war when that's literally the only thing that America has ever done?
>>363090
both of the above
>>363146
It was more to do with low ranking Soviet Officers seeing through the bullshit of their superiors
>>362204
Does it have a poop deck?
>>363029
I can guarantee there still are.
>>363035
Every war? Anyway, read about the Sampson option: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option
>>363146
Yes, the peaceful Soviets. If only we hadn't reacted when they rigged elections in Czechoslovakia in 1948, invaded Hungary in 1956, illegally built the Berlin Wall in the early 60s, invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, Afghanistan in. 1979...
They were so peace loving.
>>359374
Not OP, but bumping because interesting thread. Incidentally, who's the biggest nuke war threat in 2015? Norks, Russia or Pakis/Indians?
>>359474
Yep. There was this one Soviet double agent who basically saved the world. If I remember he was compromised by the Reds and killed in a really brutal way by throwing him into the oven.
>>360211
Please explain, I somehow missed this.
>>365065
Pakis and India. As stated in this thread. Both sides have zero qualms with using nuclear attack on the other and tensions have only really been getting worse.
Russia has no interest in ending the world and would only use the threat of nuclear attack to get what they want. It's a last resort weapon for them in reality. Same can be said for America.
China has a no first strike policy. Same basically as Russia and America. It's a last resort.
North Korea couldn't get a nuke anywhere but south Korea and China wouldn't let them but they know it would piss off America. They don't give that much of a shit about Best Korea. The only reason they still support them is to act as a buffer zone from America and South Korea.
>>365065
The scariest is Pakistan, since it's not out of the realm of possibility that some islamists could get control of them and launch at India, which would presumably flatten Pakistan in return.
Not sure how much of a real worry North Korean is (p.s. I live in Seoul). Do they actually have nukes they can put on missiles? If they do, I figure the regime is too worried about its survival to do anything truly reckless.
>>365735
>Same can be said for America.
Not to be pedantic, but that's not strictly true.
What you are alluding to is that everyone is working off MAD, but that hasn't been a case for a while now.
NUTS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_utilization_target_selection) is now considered the base of current US policy.
Here's a decent read: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/1981-12-01/nuclear-weapons-1980s-mad-vs-nuts
NUTS is backed by limited war theory which argues that by the fact that everything being on the table because it allows you to escalate to any level of force without having to go doomsday tier strategic weaponry (for even the simplest infraction) it provides a far greater deterrent value because of the nuclear threshold (when to use the nukes) being far lower than compared to MAD (nukes for nukes aka no first strike).
MAD: Gunshot for a gunshot.
NUTS: Any possible reaction.
Whilst NUTS does have its ambiguity. That's actually its strength, the ambiguity is actually the thing that gives it clarity, as both sides CANNOT make assumptions, unlike in MAD which presumes that nuclear attack shall be met with a nuclear response - which leaves allowance for lower intensity conflicts to happen. Both sides must consistently inform one another what they are doing in order to prevent misunderstanding.
