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To: the scotsman
Growing up in Berkshire, England, through the nuclear paranoia of the 1980s, with Ronald Reagan's Cruise and Pershing missiles stationed only 30 miles away from my family home, I was inculcated with a keen awareness of Cold War brinkmanship.

If I had been living in Berkshire, England at the time, would have been much more concerned about the Soviet SS-4, -5 and -20 missiles that were pointed at me.

4 posted on 10/13/2012 8:23:48 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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To: Fiji Hill

If I remember reading about Soviet nuclear war doctrine, the main targets for the SS-4, SS-5, and SS-20 missiles based in the Soviet Union all the way to just east of the Ural Mountains and SS-12 missiles based in East Germany and western Czechoslovakia was every NATO air base, commercial international airport and NATO underground command center. The mission was simple: knock out the technically superior NATO air forces so Soviet Frontal Aviation and Long-Range Aviation could attack other targets in western Europe with less opposition in the air.


5 posted on 10/13/2012 8:53:53 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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