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The Provisional IRA, IIRC, did have a bevy of allies across the globe, (PLA, Gaddafi, KGB, Baeder Meinhoff) just to name a few) but as far as the level assistance each could provide respectively to their cause in Ireland, these sources were lackluster at best (light training, sporadic arms shipments, etc)

So the premise here is that instead of these half hearted alliances, what if a larger more stable alliance came into being, namely with the Soviet Union?

With additional material aid on such a massive scale, might IRA successfully take control of Northern Ireland?

Would the UK come to nuclear blows with the USSR if such high levels of involvement were discovered?
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