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Able Archer 83 was a military exercise conducted by NATO that took place in November 1983, as part of an annual exercise.It simulated a period of heightened nuclear tensions between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, leading to concerns that it could have been mistaken for a real attack by the Soviet Union.
The exercise is best known for Able Archer 83, which began on November 7, 1983 and is believed to have nearly started a nuclear war with the Soviet Union as the Soviets perceived the exercise as a ruse of war. [2] The exercises themselves simulated a period of conflict escalation, culminating in a simulated DEFCON 1 coordinated nuclear attack. [3]
Able Archer 83 – NATO military exercise that happened over a month after the Petrov incident; Dead Hand – Soviet nuclear weapons-control system; List of nuclear close calls; Norwegian rocket incident – a rocket carrying scientific equipment to study the aurora borealis that resembled a submarine-launched Trident missile
Able Archer 83, carried out in November 1983, is believed to have nearly started a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Exercise Autumn Forge (1983) [21] - Exercise in Holland. Exercise Lionheart (1984). A large exercise led by Britain in 1984 involving 131,565 UK personnel, quoted as being the largest since World War 2.
Able Archer 83 was a command post exercise carried out by NATO military forces and political leaders between 7 and 11 November 1983. ...
In November 1983, NATO conducted a military exercise known as "Able Archer 83". The realistic simulation of a nuclear attack by NATO forces caused considerable alarm in the USSR and is regarded by many historians to be the closest the world came to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. [5]
Pages in category "1983 in military history" ... Able Archer 83; Alraigo incident; AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central; Autumn Forge 83; F. FleetEx '83-1; K. Soviet ...
November 9–11 – During the last three days of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ' s Able Archer 83 command post exercise, the Soviet Union places its forces on alert – including Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name "Fencer") bombers of the Soviet Air Force ' s 4th Air Army at cockpit readiness – out of fear that NATO is about to ...