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In terms of PODs, it seems fairly well established that Able Archer 83 and the false alarm incident is the closest we've ever come to a catastrophic nuclear exchange. In terms of chilling close calls since then, Yeltsen had the Russian version of the football open during the Norwegian Rocket Incident in 1995. With some treaties, very significant arms reductions and some cooling since the end of the Cold War, would this have made any difference? I was getting ready to go to kindergarden in Milwaukee, so I imagine I'm dead, but would this differ much from a 1983 exchange, or pretty much be the same in terms of fallout and post war situation?
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