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5 Hours and 35 MinutesPG-13Here are episodes 11 through the Livestream Q&A of the Cold War series with Thomas777.The 'Cold War' Pt. 11 - Nixon, Detente, and Their Inevitable End w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 12 - Able Archer and Operation R.Y.A.N. - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 13 - The Downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007- w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 14 - The 'Red Square' Flight of Mathias Rust - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 15 - The Berlin Wall Comes Down - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 16 - The Q&A Finale - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

Oleg Gordievskij, en av världens mest kända dubbelagenter, har avlidit vid 86 års ålder i sitt hem i Surrey, England. Som högt uppsatt KGB-officer värvades han av Storbritanniens underrättelsetjänst under kalla kriget och blev en ovärderlig källa för både MI6 och MI5. Hans insatser ledde bland annat till att 25 sovjetiska spioner utvisades från Storbritannien och att den svenske spionen Stig Bergling kunde avslöjas. Gordievskij spelade även en nyckelroll i att avvärja en kärnvapenkonflikt på 1980-talet.Med anledning av hans bortgång repriserar vi nu Historia Nu-avsnittet om Oleg Gordievskij, där författaren Ben Macintyre berättar om spionens dramatiska liv och avgörande roll i det kalla krigets skuggvärld.I detta avsnitt av Historia Nu samtalar programledaren med författaren Ben Macintyre som skrivit boken Spion och förrädare – Kalla krigets största spionhistoria. Samtalet är på engelska.KGB-översten Oleg Gordievskij arbetade under elva år för den brittiska underrättelsetjänsten MI6. Gordijevskij avslöjade spioner som svenske Stig Berling och norske Arne Treholt, briefade västledare som Margot Thatcher och Ronald Reagan inför toppmöten och förhindrande ett kärnvapenanfall från det allt mer paranoida Sovjetunionen.Oleg Gordievskij växte upp i en KGB-familj, men blev spion åt väst eftersom han avskydde det sovjetiska systemet. När KGB var Gordievskij på spåren lyckades MI6 smuggla ut honom från det slutna Sovjetunionen där en välfylld blöja kunde avleda gränspolisens spårhundar.Gordievskij var son till en NKDV-man, föregångaren till KGB, som arbetat för säkerhetstjänsten under den stora terrorn på 1930-talet. Gordievskij växte upp tillsammans med andra familjer som arbetade för den ryska säkerhetstjänsten. Vid tidig ålder lärde han sig tyska. Som en KGB-trainee, tillbringade han sex månader i Östberlin när Berlinmuren byggdes.Gordijevskijs besvikelse över den grå totalitära världen i Moskva på 1960-talet bara ökade. Men det var den sovjetiska invasionen av Tjeckoslovakien 1968 som drev Gordijevskij mot väst. Han bestämde sig för att bekämpa det kommunistiska systemet inifrån.I augusti 1968, och började sända hemliga signaler till danska och brittiska underrättelsetjänster om att han kanske var villig att samarbeta med dem. 1974 gick han med på att överlämna hemligheter till MI6, vilket han betraktade som "inget mindre än att underminera det sovjetiska systemet". Efter att han lärt sig att tala engelska blev Gordievskij placerad i London i juni 1982. Han avancerade stadigt i graderna med hjälp av hemlig hjälp och manipulation från MI6.Bild: Oleg Gordievskilj i KGB-uniform. Montage. Wikipedia, Public Domain.Musik: At The Crossroads av Jayson Wayne Brown, Storyblocks AudioLyssna också på Able Archer – när världen var minuter från kärnvapen-utplåning. Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Hours and 35 MinutesPG-13Here are episodes 11 through the Livestream Q&A of the Cold War series with Thomas777.The 'Cold War' Pt. 11 - Nixon, Detente, and Their Inevitable End w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 12 - Able Archer and Operation R.Y.A.N. - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 13 - The Downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007- w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 14 - The 'Red Square' Flight of Mathias Rust - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 15 - The Berlin Wall Comes Down - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 16 - The Q&A Finale - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

While we're hard at work on season 3 of SNAFU, we’re excited to revisit a pivotal moment from Season 1 with a special bonus episode of GREATEST ESCAPES. Produced by the same folks behind SNAFU, it's a brand new podcast covering history’s wildest true escape stories of all time. Ed joins host Arturo Castro this week to dive deeper into the bonkers escape of Oleg Gordievsky, the Cold War double-agent who helped avoid nuclear annihilation during Able Archer 83 and was able to slip through the clutches of the KGB. Greatest Escapes is produced by iHeartPodcasts and FilmNation Entertainment in association with Gilded Audio. Please listen and follow here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-greatest-escapes-259897937/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Several times during the Cold War, the World came dangerously close to a nuclear disaster. In 1961 and 1968, B52 Bombers carrying nuclear bombs met with accidents nearly leading to a nuclear catastrophe. In 1983, one Soviet Lt. Col. single handedly saved the world from WWIII when he categorized an alarm about 5 missiles being launched at the Soviet Union, a false alarm. NATO conducted a WWIII simulation in 1983, which the Soviets assumed, was cover for an actual nuclear strike from the West. 

Show Notes Episode 470: Danger Zone Part 1-Able Archer 83 This week Host Dave Bledsoe said on Tuesday night he needed a little something to take the edge off, we dug him out of a dumpster in Bayside naked and screaming Friday morning. (In fairness, this is not unusual for him) On the show this week we kicked off a two parter about nuclear war in the 80's (You know, to lighten the mood!) with the story of Able Archer ‘83 and how it almost started a nuclear war.. Along the way we discover that Dave was beat up a lot in high school. (Nothing shocking there) Then we dive right into how the Cold War was chilling out until a certain someone got elected in 1980! (Our old friend is back!) We learn how Reagan freaked out the Soviets and caused them to think he might just nuke them for funsies.  (Mostly because he was saying he might nuke them for funsies.) and how this resulted in what was called an “escalation of tensions”. (We would call it a full bore freakout!) The end result would be the world teetering on the brink of nuclear annihilation for about a week and the West not even noticing. (So much for the CIA!) Our sponsor this week is Bombs Away, prefab fallout shelters: turn a hole into a post apocalyptic home! We open the only good secret agent and close with Kat Cher in a certain zone. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/iFpk7s3wu4k?si=Jt_gOWYYsYJgbgjI Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The President's News Conference January 29, 1981 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-992 The war game that could have ended the world https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181108-the-wargame-that-could-have-ended-the-world Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear https://www.livescience.com/able-archer Nuclear Close Calls: Able Archer 83 https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/nuclear-close-calls-able-archer-83/ Able Archer 83: How the Cold War Caused a Near-Apocalyptic Misunderstanding https://www.mirasafety.com/blogs/news/able-archer-83-cold-war-nuclear-incident?srsltid=AfmBOorXrKulpcPZFqxYFv8J4HApP8X_F56QSmHEu1JpQ-d9SuyKKpfZ White House Diaries 11/18/83 https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/white-house-diaries/diary-entry-11181983/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Hours and 35 MinutesPG-13Here are episodes 11 through the Livestream Q&A of the Cold War series with Thomas777.The 'Cold War' Pt. 11 - Nixon, Detente, and Their Inevitable End w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 12 - Able Archer and Operation R.Y.A.N. - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 13 - The Downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007- w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 14 - The 'Red Square' Flight of Mathias Rust - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 15 - The Berlin Wall Comes Down - w/ Thomas777The 'Cold War' Pt. 16 - The Q&A Finale - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

In der Nacht auf den 26. September 1983 erlebt Oberstleutnant Stanislaw Petrow einen dramatischen Wendepunkt in der Geschichte des Kalten Krieges. An diesem Tag meldet das sowjetische Frühwarnsystem einen vermeintlichen Atomangriff der USA. Trotz des Alarms bewahrt Petrow Ruhe und entscheidet, die Meldung als Fehlalarm einzustufen, wodurch er wahrscheinlich einen verheerenden Atomkrieg verhindert. In dieser Folge geht es um die schicksalhaften Ereignisse, die sich in der Nacht in der Kommandostelle in Serpuchow-15 abspielen, Petrows Entscheidung und sein Vermächtnis als Retter der Welt......Das Folgenbild zeigt Stanislaw Petrow in der Küche seiner Wohnung in Frjasino, 03.07.2016......WERBUNGDu willst dir die Rabatte unserer Werbepartner sichern? Hier geht's zu den Angeboten!.......Jetzt His2Go unterstützen für tolle Vorteile, über Acast+ oder Steady.Werde His2Go Hero oder His2Go Legend: https://plus.acast.com/s/his2go-geschichte-podcast.Werde auch ohne Kreditkarte His2Go Hero oder His2Go Legend: steadyhq.com/his2go..........LITERATURJacobs, Ingeborg: Stanislaw Petrow: der Mann, der den Atomkrieg verhinderte. Wer rettet uns das nächste Mal?, 2015.Kramer, Mark: Die Nicht-Krise um »Able Archer 1983«: Fürchtete die sowjetische Führung tatsächlich einen atomaren Großangriff im Herbst 1983?, 2013. Storkman, Klaus: Herbst 1983. Am Rande eines Atomkrieges? – Als gefährlichste Phase des Ost-West-Konflikts galt bislang die Kuba-Krise 1962. Aber auch Ereignisse vor 40 Jahren hätten einen nuklearen Weltkrieg auslösen können, 2023.Stanislaw Petrow in Deutschland, Unsere Begegnungen mit Stanislaw Petrow, dem Mann der die Welt rettete! https://karl-schumacher-privat.de, Über sein Besuch 1999 in Oberhausen. Russischer Dokumentarfilm „Petrow, Retter der Welt“, Петров, спаситель мира........UNTERSTÜTZUNGFolgt und bewertet uns bei Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podimo oder über eure Lieblings-Podcastplattformen.Wir freuen uns über euer Feedback, Input und Vorschläge zum Podcast, die ihr uns über das Kontaktformular auf der Website, Instagram und unsere Feedback E-Mail: kontakt@his2go.de schicken könnt. An dieser Stelle nochmals vielen Dank an jede einzelne Rückmeldung, die uns bisher erreicht hat und uns sehr motiviert..........COPYRIGHTMusic from https://filmmusic.io: “Sneaky Snitch” by Kevin MacLeod and "Plain Loafer" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY !Neu! Jetzt hier His2Go unterstützen, Themen mitbestimmen und Quiz2Go mit Moderatorin Chiara erleben! https://plus.acast.com/s/his2go-geschichte-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi Stealing Superman Fans! Take a listen to the trailer of season two of SNAFU: MEDBURG with Ed Helms.  About the show: Hosted by Ed Helms, SNAFU is a podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. In Season 1, Ed digs into a story he can't stop thinking about: Able Archer 83, a 1983 NATO military exercise meant to prepare us for nuclear war that almost mistakenly started one. This story has a colorful cast of characters: from Ronald Reagan, to two treasonous spies, to a dauntless sleuth determined to get to the bottom of what really happened and why nobody knows about it. Ultimately, SNAFU is about nuclear paranoia and political mind games – and how fear and misunderstanding can propel us into disastrous circumstances. Listen here and subscribe to SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Brian Morra - Former US Air Force Intelligence Officer and senior aerospace executive - discusses his book "The Able Archers," which is a work of fiction based on the 1983 Soviet nuclear war crisis wherein Soviet leaders were convinced that the U.S. was preparing to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the USSR under the cover of a NATO exercise titled “Able Archer.” Recorded 17 Oct 2023. Interviewer: Jim Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer. 

Former U.S. intelligence officer and award-winning and best-selling author Brian J. Morra joins Big Blend Radio to discuss his thrilling Able Archer series that's based on true historical events.BOOK 1: THE ABLE ARCHERS - US Air Force Captain Kevin Cattani and Soviet GRU Colonel Ivan Levchenko team up in the fall of 1983 to stop the worst nuclear crisis of the Cold War. BOOK 2: THE RIGHTEOUS ARROWS - Who can you trust when a cold war heats up and conflict seems inevitable? After collaborating to thwart nuclear war in "The Able Archers," Kevin Cattani and his Soviet counterpart, Ivan Levchenko, developed a deep mutual respect—but in The Righteous Arrows they are working against each other. Coming April 16, 2024, from Koehler Books. Watch for Brian on the Netflix special, “Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War."More at https://brianjmorra.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former U.S. intelligence officer and award-winning and best-selling author Brian J. Morra joins Big Blend Radio to discuss his thrilling Able Archer series that's based on true historical events.BOOK 1: THE ABLE ARCHERS - US Air Force Captain Kevin Cattani and Soviet GRU Colonel Ivan Levchenko team up in the fall of 1983 to stop the worst nuclear crisis of the Cold War. BOOK 2: THE RIGHTEOUS ARROWS - Who can you trust when a cold war heats up and conflict seems inevitable? After collaborating to thwart nuclear war in "The Able Archers," Kevin Cattani and his Soviet counterpart, Ivan Levchenko, developed a deep mutual respect—but in The Righteous Arrows they are working against each other. Coming April 16, 2024, from Koehler Books. Watch for Brian on the Netflix special, “Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War."More at https://brianjmorra.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former U.S. intelligence officer and award-winning and best-selling author Brian J. Morra joins Big Blend Radio to discuss his thrilling Able Archer series that's based on true historical events. BOOK 1: THE ABLE ARCHERS - US Air Force Captain Kevin Cattani and Soviet GRU Colonel Ivan Levchenko team up in the fall of 1983 to stop the worst nuclear crisis of the Cold War.  BOOK 2: THE RIGHTEOUS ARROWS - Who can you trust when a cold war heats up and conflict seems inevitable? After collaborating to thwart nuclear war in "The Able Archers," Kevin Cattani and his Soviet counterpart, Ivan Levchenko, developed a deep mutual respect—but in The Righteous Arrows they are working against each other. Coming April 16, 2024, from Koehler Books.  Watch for Brian on the Netflix special, “Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War." More at https://brianjmorra.com/  

Dan served in the War Plans office of the US Army VII Corps working on counterattack plans and reorganization of the US Army's General Defence Plan. He describes the debriefing of a Polish Special Forces operator who had defected to the West and who revealed surprising knowledge of US plans and order of battle. Dan also details his experiences on the Able Archer 83 exercise and his views about how dangerous that was. In addition to his work in the War Plans office, we discuss terror attacks on the US Army in West Germany including the bombing of the LaBelle disco in West Berlin where 2 US soldiers and one Turkish woman were killed and 79 wounded. The terrorist threat to US Forces was significant and this is highlighted by the attempted assassination of General Kroesen commander of United States Army Europe by the Red Army Faction aka The Baader-Meinhof Group. Dan describes his own experiences in the immediate aftermath of the attack., including the issuing of live ammunition to US Forces in the field. Extra info here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode330/  0:00 Introduction 1:32 Dan's Insights in the War Plans Office 10:29 The defector's shocking intel on US plans 18:13 Reflections on Able Archer 83 24:33 Terrorism and the attack on the La Belle disco 33:21 Red Army Faction attempted assassination of General Kroesen 42:20 The impact of these events on US forces 58:41 Dan's views on the sudden changes in Eastern Europe 1:13:38 Podcast extras, appreciation for financial supporters, and closing remarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

KGB-översten Oleg Gordievskij arbetade under elva år för den brittiska underrättelsetjänsten MI6. Gordievskij avslöjade spioner som svenske Stig Bergling och norske Arne Treholt, briefade västledare som Margaret Thatcher och Ronald Reagan inför toppmöten och förhindrande ett kärnvapenanfall från det allt mer paranoida Sovjetunionen.Oleg Gordievskij växte upp i en KGB-familj, men blev spion åt väst eftersom han avskydde det sovjetiska systemet.I detta avsnitt av Historia Nu samtalar programledaren med författaren Ben Macintyre som skrivit boken Spion och förrädare – Kalla krigets största spionhistoria. Samtalet är på engelska.Gordievskij var son till en NKDV-man, föregångaren till KGB, som arbetat för säkerhetstjänsten under den stora terrorn på 1930-talet. Gordievskij växte upp tillsammans med andra familjer som arbetade för den ryska säkerhetstjänsten. Vid tidig ålder lärde han sig tyska. Som en KGB-trainee, tillbringade han sex månader i Östberlin när Berlinmuren byggdes.Gordievskijs besvikelse över den grå totalitära världen i Moskva på 1960-talet bara ökade. Men det var den sovjetiska invasionen av Tjeckoslovakien 1968 som drev Gordievskij mot väst. Han bestämde sig för att bekämpa det kommunistiska systemet inifrån.I augusti 1968 började han sända hemliga signaler till danska och brittiska underrättelsetjänster om att han kanske var villig att samarbeta med dem. 1974 gick han med på att överlämna hemligheter till MI6, vilket han betraktade som "inget mindre än att underminera det sovjetiska systemet". Efter att han lärt sig att tala engelska blev Gordievskij placerad i London i juni 1982. Han avancerade stadigt i graderna med hjälp av hemlig hjälp och manipulation från MI6.Bild: Oleg Gordievskilj i KGB-uniform. Montage. Wikipedia, Public Domain.Musik: At The Crossroads av Jayson Wayne Brown, Storyblocks AudioLyssna också på Able Archer – när världen var minuter från kärnvapen-utplåning.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Helms [The Hangover, The Office, The Daily Show] tells Anna the story of Able Archer 83 from his podcast SNAFU which, in Ed's words, focuses on history's greatest screw-ups. We also hear about Ed's high school experience, early relationships, alternate career paths, the benefits of therapy, Bob Dylan's authenticity, and a lot more. Today's caller Amanda returns to the show after having called in 2 years prior. Now divorced, Amanda faces a new challenge… co-parenting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DDR-spionen Rainer "Topaz" Rupp sitter trots murens fall 1989 kvar i NATO-högkvarteret i Bryssel och bara väntar på att hans stora hemlighet ska avslöjas och att han ska bli gripen för spioneri och landsförräderi. Men trots att arkiven börjar öppnas dröjer det ända till 1993 innan han blir gripen, när de så kallades Rosenholz-dokumenten, STASI:s heliga graal, hamnar i händerna på CIA.

This week is the 40th anniversary of the Able Archer NATO Exercise where it is reckoned that the Soviet Union and NATO almost started a nuclear war. 1990 an investigation by the US President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, culminating in its highly secret report “The Soviet ‘War Scare'” The detailed PFIAB report concluded that the U.S. “may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger”. The following is an audio version of the talk I delivered to the Manchester Military History Society in October 2023.  Documents, videos, and other extra episode information here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode316 The fight to preserve Cold War history continues and via a simple monthly donation, you will give me the ammunition to continue to preserve Cold War history. You'll become part of our community, get ad-free episodes, and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. Find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Love history? Check out Into History at this link https://intohistory.com/coldwarpod 0:00 Introduction and overview of the episode 1:14 Comparison of the 1983 crisis and the Cuban missile crisis 2:38 Detente and the state of US/Soviet relations in the 1970s & early 80s 4:24 Introduction Ronald Reagan and his policies 5:25 Introduction to Yuri Andropov and his policies 8:56 Soviet intelligence Operation Ryan's purpose and indicators 12:49 Fleetex 83 US naval exercise appears to confirm Soviet suspicions that US is planning an attack 16:33 The downing of Korean Airlines Flight 007 22:30 Incidents soon after the Korean Airlines shootdown 26:08 Soviet early warning system warns of US missile attack 30:06 The US military intervention in Grenada 34:21 Brigadier General Leonard H Perroot's role in averting a nuclear war during Able Archer 83 41:43 Double agent's contributions to Western intelligence 51:26 Controversy about how close we came to nuclear war around Able Archer 54:30 Acknowledgement of financial supporters and continuation of Cold War conversation on Facebook Table of contents powered by PodcastAI✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trots redan starka spänningar mellan NATO och Warszawa-pakten stiger temperaturen ytterligare under oktober 1983 när USA invaderar den lilla önationen Grenada. I november 1983 inleds övningen Able Archer i Europa och under övningen strömmar det in uppgifter till KGB från deras spioner och informatörer om att ett kärnvapenangrepp kan vara nära förestående. När DDR-spionen i NATO-högkvarteret Rainer "Topaz" Rupp får höra uppgifter om detta blir han förvånad. I högkvarteret är det som vilken arbetsdag som helst och han ser inga som helst indikationer på att ett krig är nära förestående.

I mars 1983 meddelar president Ronald Reagan att USA ska utveckla ett effektivt motmedel mot det sovjetiska kärnvapenhotet: SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative, populärt kallat Star Wars. Om det fungerar kommer det att rubba terrorbalansen till USA:s fördel. Men frågan som snart dyker upp är om detta projekt överhuvudtaget är genomförbart? DDR-spionen Rainer "Topaz" Rupp på NATO:s högkvarter i Bryssel ser till att ta reda på så mycket som möjligt om projektet och skickar informationen till sina uppdragsgivare.

Back with another episode of The Latest.    Prompt the 1st 1783 - Highlander and Ukraine  I flipped back and forth on "Ukraine" and "Crimea" in the episode: 1783 was annexing Crimea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_by_the_Russian_Empire   Prompt the 2nd - Can a Gen xer have an opinion on Olivia Rodrigo On Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? Is 3'04” - a properly short radio single https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Idea_Right%3F From the album Guts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guts_(Olivia_Rodrigo_album) Vampire, the first single from the album - similar in type, very different in style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_(Olivia_Rodrigo_song) "This is supposed to be gen z's hayley williams/avril lavigne, there's truly no hope" https://twitter.com/maryarchived/status/1700621540998488219 "Anyone over the age of 20 doesn't get to give their opinion on Olivia Rodrigo" https://x.com/honestpapito/status/1701261920022512014?s=20  A search of "olivia rodrigo over 20" https://twitter.com/search?q=olivia%20rodrigo%20over%2020&src=typed_query I mentioned "late '80s glam" by which I really meant "late '80s glam metal" which maybe is better known as "hair metal" because how they wore their hair was seen as a big part of it. Guns n' Roses, that is, and often also represented by Poison, Cinderella, Warrant, Skid Row. (I avoid including Motley Crue because they were one of the first ones who took on such a look, when they started, while a lot of the others were following a style.) Prompt the Third: October the 7th. To start, here's what 40 years ago looked like A civilian 747 shot down by air defense forces of the USSR after flying over restricted space, killing all 269 aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 Military exercises two months later that may have brought the US and USSR very close to nuclear war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83 The Day After, a depiction of what such a nuclear war might have looked like, which ran a few weeks later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After WarGames, released in June 1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames Red Dawn, released about a year later, in 1984 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dawn   Tracing back through the Ottoman Empire is going to be a bit of a maze but here's some of my links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Treaty ending of the Greek War of Independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Constantinople_(1832) Austro-Russian–Turkish War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzimat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Ottomans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Constitutional_Era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Turks  

En av de tillfällen när det var nära att tredje världskriget bröt ut var i november 1983 när NATO-övningen Able Archer 83 misstogs av Sovjetunionen för att vara förberedelser för ett fullskaligt kärnvapenanfall. Vi berättar också historien om DDR-spionen Rainer Rupp, med täcknamnet Topaz, som infiltrerat NATO-högkvarteret i Bryssel.

Tim served in the USAF and the NSA from 1975 to 1988 during some of the most tense periods of the Cold War. This included stints at the US Air Force Electronic Warfare Center at Kelly AFB, Texas, and RAF Chicksands, in the UK working on SIGINT collection of USSR/Warsaw Pact/Other targets. He also served as part of the Cryptologic Support Group, Strategic Air Command HQ, Offutt AFB, Nebraska providing SIGINT briefings to SAC leadership on worldwide events In 1983 he transferred to the NSA and later GCHQ, Cheltenham, Glos 1984-1988. We hear about how the first indications that something was amiss the morning Chernobyl reactor exploded in 1986, the day the cleaners answered the secure phone at SAC HQ, and how at GCHQ the US and British intelligence share information as part of the UKUSA Agreement. 0:00 Introduction and Tim's background in the US Air Force 5:12 Understanding electronic warfare and data gathering at Kelly Air Force Base 16:58 Posting at RAF Chicksands in Bedford, UK, and monitoring for changes in regular patterns 25:52 The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iranian hostage crisis 36:19 Able Archer alerts and other instances of signals intelligence at Strategic Air Command, Nebraska 44:16 Incident of the KAL007 Korean airliner and US Navy exercise incidents 57:08 Misinterpretation during a briefing on a recon flight of TU-95 bear bombers and gathering intel on the Soviet Union 1:01:18 Constant pressure to provide intel on Soviet leadership and missile alerts during Soviet drills 1:05:34 Transition from Air Force to NSA and role at the NSA 1:14:08 Tracking Chinese air defense and transition to GCHQ 1:22:08 U.S. stance during the Falkland conflict and witnessing the Chernobyl reactor explosion 1:30:59 Anecdote about NSA bureaucracy and language proficiency test 1:34:21 Closing and thanks to supporters Table of contents powered by PodcastAI✨ Extra episode info here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode310/ The fight to preserve Cold War history continues and via a simple monthly donation, you will give me the ammunition to continue to preserve Cold War history. You'll become part of our community, get ad-free episodes, and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. Find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/ Thanks to listener Phil Curme for introducing me to Tim. You can read his blog here walkingthebattlefields.com Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Love history? Check out Into History at this link https://intohistory.com/coldwarpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Nuclear winter scepticism, published by Vasco Grilo on August 13, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is a crosspost for Nuclear Winter by Bean from Naval Gazing, published on 24 April 2022. It argues Toon 2008 has overestimated the soot ejected into the stratosphere following a nuclear war by something like a factor of 191 (= 1.522(1 + 2)/2(2 + 3)/2(4 + 13)/2). I have not investigated the claims made in Bean's post, but that seems worthwhile. If its conclusions hold, the soot ejected into the stratosphere following the 4.4 k nuclear detonations analysed in Toon 2008 would be 0.942 Tg (= 180/191) instead of "180 Tg". From Fig. 3a of Toon 2014, the lower soot ejection would lead to a reduction in temperature of 0.2 ºC, and in precipitation of 0.6 %. These would have a negligible impact in terms of food security, and imply the deaths from the climatic effects being dwarfed by the "770 million [direct] casualties" mentioned in Toon 2008. For context, Luísa Rodriguez estimated "30 Tg" of soot would be ejected into the stratosphere in a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. Nevertheless, Luísa notes the following: As a final point, I'd like to emphasize that the nuclear winter is quite controversial (for example, see: Singer, 1985; Seitz, 2011; Robock, 2011; Coupe et al., 2019; Reisner et al., 2019; Pausata et al., 2016; Reisner et al., 2018; Also see the summary of the nuclear winter controversy in Wikipedia's article on nuclear winter). Critics argue that the parameters fed into the climate models (like, how much smoke would be generated by a given exchange) as well as the assumptions in the climate models themselves (for example, the way clouds would behave) are suspect, and may have been biased by the researchers' political motivations (for example, see: Singer, 1985; Seitz, 2011; Reisner et al., 2019; Pausata et al., 2016; Reisner et al., 2018). I take these criticisms very seriously - and believe we should probably be skeptical of this body of research as a result. For the purposes of this estimation, I assume that the nuclear winter research comes to the right conclusion. However, if we discounted the expected harm caused by US-Russia nuclear war for the fact that the nuclear winter hypothesis is somewhat suspect, the expected harm could shrink substantially. As Luísa, I have been assuming "the nuclear winter research comes to the right conclusion", but I suppose it is worth bringing more attention to potential concerns. I have also not flagged them in my posts, so I am crossposting Bean's analysis for some balance. Nuclear Winter When I took a broad overview of how destructive nuclear weapons are, one of the areas I looked at was nuclear winter, but I only dealt with it briefly. As such, it was something worth circling back to for a more in-depth look at the science involved. First, as my opponent here, I'm going to take What the science says: Could humans survive a nuclear war between NATO and Russia? from the prestigious-sounding "Alliance For Science", affiliated with Cornell University, and the papers it cites in hopes of being fair to the other side. Things don't start off well, as they claim that we're closer to nuclear war than any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is clearly nonsense given Able Archer 83 among others. This is followed with the following gem: "Many scientists have investigated this question already. Their work is surprisingly little known, likely because in peacetime no one wants to think the unthinkable. But we are no longer in peacetime and the shadows of multiple mushroom clouds are looming once again over our planet." Clearly, I must have hallucinated the big PR push around nuclear winter back in the mid-80s. Well, I didn't because I wasn't born yet, but everyone else must have. Things don't get much better. ...

Världen var bara minuter från utplåning i november år 1983. De sovjetiska ledarna var övertygade om att NATO-övningen Able Archer var förspelet till en kärnvapenattack på Sovjetunionen. Aldrig tidigare har mänskligheten varit så nära att utplåna sig själv. Grundorsaken var att världen sedan andra världskriget varit uppdelad i två block som helt saknade förståelse för varandra. Efter ett årtionde av avspänning blev det kalla kriget allt hetare när Sovjetunionen invaderade Afghanistan 1979. Temperaturen steg allt mer efter att Ronald Reagan blev president i USA och pekade ut Sovjetunionen som ondskans imperium.  I denna nymixade repris av avsnitt 127 av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledare Urban Lindstedt med historikern Olle Larsson som skrivit rad historieböcker. Han arbetar nu på en bok om 80-talet. Redan under Andra världskriget var slitningarna mellan Västmakterna och Sovjetunionen stora - trots alliansen mot Nazityskland. Efter krigsslutet blev brytningen total och det stod klart att världen delats in i ett västligt kapitalistiskt block och ett östligt kommunistiskt block – kalla kriget var ett faktum. Kapprustningen med kärnvapen mellan Väst och Öst hade gjorde det möjligt att utplåna jorden många gånger om. Och när den amerikanska presidenten Ronald Reagan introducerade tanken på att det skulle vara möjligt att skydda sig mot kärnvapen brast den ömtåliga balansen. Det blev inte bättre av att det åldrande sovjetiska ledarskapet faktiskt hade upplevt Nazitysklands utrotningskrig i Sovjetunionen. De trodde hela tiden det värsta om Västvärlden. Bild: Protester mot utplaceringen av Pershing II missiler i Europa, Bonn Västtyskland 1981. Musik: Darkness closing av Jon Purdey, Storyblocks Audio. Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En 1983, las posturas agresivas de Reagan, la paranoia de Andropov de un primer ataque nuclear, y la mala inteligencia de las señales casi acaban con el mundo. Al menos dos veces.Capitulo completo aqui: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-19-able-80493302Tess en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reilaouo en Insta: https://www.instagram.com/space_dovahkiin/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/intervencionesgringaspodcastOTRAS REDES: https://beacons.ai/intervencionesgringaspodcast/CORREO: intervencionesgringaspodcast@gmail.com

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In vier Podcasts hat sich „Zugehört!“ mit Krisen des Kalten Krieges beschäftigt. Nach der Suez-Krise von 1956, der Kuba-Krise 1962 als Höhe- und Wendepunkt des Kalten Krieges, und dem Einmarsch von Truppen des Warschauer Paktes in die ČSSR 1968, einer internen Unterdrückung von blockinterner Opposition, geht es in der letzten Folge um das NATO-Manöver ABLE ARCHER und das Krisenjahr 1983. In dieser 51. Folge spricht Oberst Dr. Uwe Hartmann dazu mit Oberst Dr. Armin Wagner. Nach einer Phase der Entspannung zwischen Ost und West in der ersten Hälfte der 1970er Jahre erwuchs gegen Ende des Jahrzehnts eine neue Konfrontation. Zwei Ursachen waren wesentlich dafür: erstens die Möglichkeit des Einsatzes von neuen sowjetischen SS-20-Mittelstreckenraketen gegen Zeile in Westuropa und der darauffolgende NATO-Doppelbeschluss von 1979; zweitens der sowjetische Einmarsch in Afghanistan im Dezember des gleichen Jahres. Der 1981 ins Amt gekommene US-Präsident Ronald Reagan eröffnete eine psychologische Offensive gegen die Sowjetunion. Im Frühjahr 1983 bezeichnete er die östliche Führungsmacht plakativ als „evil empire“, als Reich des Bösen. Er kündigte zudem eine weltraumgestützte Raketenabwehr an, die sogenannte Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): ein für die damalige Zeit technologisch mehr als ambitioniertes Vorhaben, das zudem das zwischen Moskau und Washington 1972 vereinbarte Verbot anti-ballistischer Raketen und damit eine wesentliche Komponente gegenseitiger Abschreckung untergrub. Eines kam zum anderen: Im Frühjahr 1983 fand im Nordpazifik die größte Flottenübung der U.S. Navy seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg statt. Anfang September 1983 schoss die sowjetische Luftwaffe ein südkoreanisches Verkehrsflugzeug über ihrem Luftraum ab, mit fast 270 Toten als Folge. Im gleichen Monat meldete das automatisierte System der sowjetischen Luftverteidigung fälschlich einen Anflug amerikanischer Raketen auf das Land. Im November 1983 probte die NATO-Stabsrahmenübung ABLE ARCHER einen Krieg zwischen NATO und Warschauer Pakt bis zur Eskalation zum Atomkrieg. Bis heute umstritten bleibt, inwiefern ABLE ARCHER bei Geheimdienst und Militär in Moskau zu einer realen Kriegsfurcht führte. Doch allein die Möglichkeit, dass die Sowjets westliches Handeln als echte Angriffsabsicht missinterpretieren könnten, führte bei Ronald Reagan zu einem Umdenken. Fortan verknüpfte er außenpolitische Standfestigkeit mit diplomatischer Verhandlungsbereitschaft und fand ab 1985 mit dem Generalsekretär der sowjetischen Staatspartei KPdSU Michail Gorbatschow einen kongenialen Verhandlungspartner. Im Unterschied zur Kuba 1962 war die Zuspitzung im Jahr 1983 vor allem eine imaginierte, eine in der Vorstellungskraft beteiligter Akteure gedachte Krise. Eines hatten beide allerdings gemeinsam: Die jeweiligen Erfahrungen mündeten in Phasen der Annäherung beider Supermächte. Ein „1983“ wiederholte sich selbst dann nicht, als zwischen 1989 und 1991 Warschauer Pakt und Sowjetunion zerfielen. LiteraturMark Kramer: Die Nicht-Krise um „Able Archer 1983“: Fürchtete die sowjetische Führung tatsächlich einen atomaren Großangriff im Herbst 1983? In: Oliver Bange, Bernd Lemke (Hrsg.): Wege zur Wiedervereinigung. Die beiden deutschen Staaten in ihren Bündnissen 1970 bis 1990 (= Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte. Band 75). Oldenbourg, München 2013

Welcome to our first “real” Succotash episode of 2023! I'm Marc Hershon, your host for this week's Episode 338, “First-of-the-Year Foursome”. Here's wishing you and yours a fantastic New Year. As your Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, we'll be bringing you a whole bunch of clips throughout this coming year. Mostly from comedy soundcasts – our name for “podcasts” – but we also vary from that from time to time. All to give you a taste of the hundreds of thousands of shows that are out there in Soundcastland. We sample ‘em for you with hopes you'll be curious enough to go check ‘em out yourself. When I say “we”, in case you're new to this program, it's all about me and my awesome co-host Tyson Saner. (Although we're co-hosts, we prefer to divide and conquer, meaning that we each host alternating weeks.) And the reason I call this the first “real” episode of the year? The past two installments of this soundcast were Succotash “Second Helpings, with the most recent one, Epi337, with your aforementioned loyal and faithful co-host Tyson, featured a reheating of Episode 173 with special guest Hunter Block. You can still catch wherever you find, get, or trap your soundcasts, including Soundclouds, Spotify, PodBay, iHeart Radio, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Apple and Google Podcasts. Feel free to start your hunt right at our homesite, SucccotashShow.com, where the entire archive of almost 12 years of shows has been loving curated for you. So what do I have in store for you, snippet-wise in this installment? I have delectable samples from SNAFU, The Retrospectors' Today in History, The Worst Idea of All Time, and Unpopular Opinion. As if that's not enough, we also have a sparkling, brand new advertisement from our longtime, non-paying, and completely fake sponsor Henderson's Pants, featuring the new Bottoms Up Cargo Pants, with a design inspired by our very own Bill Heywatt. CLIPS SNAFUOur first offering is a clip from a show hosted by comedian, actor, and now soundcaster Ed Helms, who you hopefully know from his stints on The Daily Show, The Office, and the Hangover movie franchise. The show's description puts it best, in that the show is about history's greatest screw-ups. The first season of SNAFU, which recently concluded, delved into the story of something called Able Archer 83, a NATO military exercise that almost touched off a nuclear was in November or 1983. Maybe. If you ever saw, heard about, or remembered a feature film from that same year: Wargames, starring Matthew Broderick as a kid who ends up tangling with a military battle simulator computer that, well, almost starts nuclear Armageddon. Or does it? Anyway, it's a great show, uncovering stuff in history most of us probably don't know anything about. As part of his uncovering the story, Ed talked to both Broderick and the director, John Badham. And after the season was mostly over, he recently dropped a bonus episode featuring his chats with the two Wargamers. We have a sample of his convo with Matthew… The Retrospectors: This Day in HistoryThis is a daily show, as evidenced by the title, but each episode only runs about 10 minutes. So it's either a great kickoff to your other soundcasts or a nice palate cleanser between shows. Hosted by Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina, and Arion McNicoll, each episode is packed full of fascinating tidbits about something in particular that occurred that particular day in the past, as well as many of the trappings that surrounded it. Our clip comes from an episode that dropped last Friday called “Rink-O-Mania!” and rips the cover off the invention and introduction of the first roller skates… The Worst Idea of All TimeI'm reasonably certain that you had to have heard of the next soundcast we're featuring. Hailing from New Zealand, TWIOAT quickly got notoriety when it popped onto the scene in 2014. That's because the two hosts, Guy Montgomery and Tim Batt, centered the whole freshman year of the show by watching and reviewing the Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups 2. Once a week. Every week. For an entire year. Then they went on to do the same thing with Sex and The City 2, Sex and The City, We Are Your Friends, and the Emmanuelle franchise of softcore porn films. Their latest challenge? The Fast and Furious franchise. The franchise. In reverse order. While they still mostly go it alone – who else would want this crazy duty – they occasionally bring in people that are fascinated by their ordeal. Just last week, they dredged through the details of F9, as the 9th installment is lovingly known, with none other than comedian, actor, and soundcast host, performer, producer, and all-time most frequent guest Paul F. Tompkins. In our clip, Paul starts to explain the plot of the film as if he had to pitch it to a crowd of people fleeing a burning theater. Unpopular OpinionComedian and writer Adam Tod Brown and co-host Jeff bring you Unpopular Opinion every week. It's often relevant news and pop culture-related topics, of which the guys often have contrary perspectives. Back a few weeks ago, in December, they dropped an episode entitled “The Ballad of P22”, which was the designation of an storied and infamous mountain lion roaming the Los Angeles environs. They talk about P22's history and recent demise, some news stories about the Los Angeles city council, Dungeons and Dragons as therapy and the saga of Burnt Toast, which was the name of a cat that, well, just may have killed an alligator. Listen up… That's it for the clips this week but now is the time to get yourself ready for our next week's show, Episode 339, because it is Tyson Saner's ONE HUNDREDTH SHOW! I'm not sure what he's got in store but man, am I glad we have him. Speaking honestly, if Tyson hadn't accepted the challenge to jump in hear – first as a host to relieve me for a couple and then to alternate weeks with me since the start of the COVID pandemic, you would not have a Succotash Show to listen to today. So be sure to grab next week's show from this feed and don't be shy about sending in some congratulations, either on our @SuccotashShow Twitter and Instagram accounts but directly to him here at tyson@SuccotashShow.com! See you week after next. And, in the meantime, if you get pulled over by a police officer and you don't think you've done anything wrong, just wait until he strolls up to the car, roll down the window and expect him to ask, “Have you heard anything good lately?” At that point, won't you please pass him the Succotash? — Marc Hershon

Ed Helms [The Hangover, The Office, The Daily Show] tells Anna the story of Able Archer 83 from his new podcast SNAFU which, in Ed's words, focuses on history's greatest screw-ups. We also hear about Ed's high school experience, early relationships, alternate career paths, the benefits of therapy, Bob Dylan's authenticity, and a lot more.Today's caller Amanda was on our show back in 2021. Now divorced, Amanda faces a new challenge… co-parenting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1986 Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev said “Never perhaps, in the post-war decades has the situation in the world been explosive and hence more difficult and unfavourable as in the first half of the 1980s. “He was referring to a period of immense tension between the Soviet Union and NATO when in 1983 a NATO exercise called Able Archer was believed to have almost accidentally started World War 3. We delve into the Able Archer archives to talk about the most recent documents with  Francesca Akhtar, a researcher whose main research interests are US Cold War foreign policy, intelligence history and defence. Francesca has written a dissertation entitled  “The most dangerous Soviet-American confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis?” An analysis of the origins, nature, and impact of the Able Archer 83 incident.The battle to preserve Cold War history is ongoing and your support can provide me with the ammunition to continue to keep this podcast on the air. Via a simple monthly donation, you'll become part of our community and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link.View the actual Able Archer intelligence briefing documents here as well as videos, and  extra information  https://coldwarconversations.com/episode269/ Find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/Support the showSupport the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter here https://twitter.com/ColdWarPodFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations

Transcript: Hey Pod lovers. I'm your host Marie and  If you're joining us for the first time: Welcome! The Mastercast is a podcast recommendation show that brings you a brand new non-spoiler binge-worthy review every week of the best podcasts in a short and sweet 2-3 minute summary on everything you could want to know, from the number of hosts to on average how long you can expect each episode to be. New episodes come out every Monday. You can find the week's other reviews on the show's social on Instagram @themastercast and Twitter @mastercastpods. If you like what you hear and want to help out this independent show you can find me on Buy me a coffee by searching The Mastercast. I'd really appreciate it. This week's review is onSNAFU with Ed HelmsThis nonfiction podcast from iHeartMedia, FilmNation Entertainment and Pacific Electric Picture Co is a blend of comedy and history. Hosted by actor and comedian Ed Helms, it aims to cover some of the most infamous and sometimes unknown blunders in history. The first season looks at the military exercise with the codename Able Archer 83 and why some historians consider it the closest the U.S came to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis. A harrowing drama, it is filled with interviews from those involved, old audio, and experts from both NATO and the Soviet Union. Despite the seriousness of the nation's nuclear fears, Helms is able to keep a balance of professionalism and comedy. Overall history is the prominent element. The finished series is pretty long at eight episodes that are on average fourty-five minutes long and the addition of two bonus episodes. This is due to the decent background given on the Cold War and the perspective of the two countries at the time. Apple Podcasts has it at 4.6 out of 5 stars with 498 ratings. Many, if not most, of the negative reviews are in defense of presdient at the time Ronald Regan. Although I didn't think the critique of his actions were all the critical. There should be a second season although confirmation has not been given. Overall an interesting and worth listing to podcast. A little campy at times and there is a recurring scream soundbite that comes about 3 times but isn't bad enough to avoid listening. Similar pods: Red Elvis, Infamous (Campside Media), and American Scandal. All right, guys, that's all for this week but remember if you want to see the cover art, sources or the written transcript for this episode be sure to check out the show notes. You can also send us an email at themastercastpodlist@gmail.com. There you can tell us if you have music you would like played on the show or submit a podcast to be recommended. This week's music came from Natura.  The song featured was “Still Breathing.” For more from Natura check out their soundcloud, or Instagram. Links will be in the description as well. Remember to share the show with the pod lovers in your life and tune in next Monday. Thanks for listening.Sources and Links:PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS WEEK'S AMAZING ARTIST NATURA! https://www.instagram.com/naturabeats/https://soundcloud.com/naturabeatshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snafu-with-ed-helms/id1635374692 ★ Support this podcast ★

Giovanni insegna italiano in un liceo classico di Trieste. Una mattina, invece della solita lezione su Dante, decide di farne una sull'operazione Able Archer, che portò il mondo sull'orlo della guerra nucleare per una serie di comunicazioni ingannevoli tra USA e URSS. Mentre parla, riceve un SMS dalla sua banca: gli viene chiesto di seguire delle procedure di sicurezza.Nel pomeriggio, a casa, Giovanni riapre il messaggio e segue le istruzioni. Lui non sa che quella è una comunicazione ingannevole, e non sa in quale guaio sta per infilarsi...CREDITS"Tecniche di Cyber Difesa" è un podcast di Cyber Guru realizzato con il supporto di Radio IT.La voce narrante è di Igor Principe, con la partecipazione di Pietro De Pascalis e gli inserti di Flaminio Spinetti.L'intervento finale è di Maurizio Zacchi, Academy Director di Cyber Guru.Editing e sound design, Massimo Giglio.

Bonus Episode – Ed speaks with former sleeper agent for the KGB, Jack Barsky. Together, they recount Jack's life trajectory from super spy to American author, and discuss the Soviet paranoia permeating throughout the Soviet ranks during the high-intensity of Able Archer ‘83. Produced by FilmNation and Pacific Electric Picture Co. in association with Gilded Audio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of Parallax Views, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Dr. Annelle Sheline and William Hartung return to discuss their recent The Nation article "It's Time to Cut Off Arms Sales to the Saudi Regime". Among the topics covered in this conversation: - Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud granted legal immunity by the U.S. in lawsuit concerning the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - The argument for suspension of arms sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - OPEC+ cutting oil production - The U.S.-Saudi relationship, oil production, and arms sales; Saudi Arabia is the largest customer of U.S. weapons; vested interests like the military-industrial complex and the U.S.-Saudi relationship - The Yemen War; potential for Congress to pass a Yemen War Powers resolution; where the Yemen War has been since the truce struck up earlier in the year - Statistics on arms sold to Saudi Arabia under the Obama, Trump, and Biden Presidencies - Lobbying by companies like Raytheon - Addressing the argument that the arms industry provides jobs to American citizens and thus the arms sales to Saudi Arabia are necessary - The move of the world towards a multipolar order and how this effects our relationship with other countries; countries like Saudi Arabia don't feel the need to bend to U.S. demands/whims; the consequences of a multipolar world (ie: less stability); adjusting to the changing order (ie: relying more on diplomacy) - America still has the best-funded military; how then is the U.S.'s dominance in question? - The U.S. as overdeveloped in military force and underdeveloped in other areas vital to playing a role in a world where power is more diffuse - What leverage does the U.S. have against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? - Decoupling the arms industry from U.S. foreign policy - How the U.S. arms industry effects the broader Middle East - Saudia Arabia, the UAE, Israel, Iran, and the Abraham Accords - Weakening the power of the arms industry in the U.S.; alternatives to employment; investment in areas other than weapons; green technology and green investments vs. the arms industry - The revolving door between the arms industry and policy-making institutions - The American people's perceptions of U.S. arms sales - What are the biggest misconceptions people have about Yemen and, more broadly, the Middle East in general - And much, much more! In the second segment of the show, Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, returns to the program to discuss current geopolitical happenings and the hubris of the foreign policy establishment aka the Blob. Among the topics in this conversation: - Why the Ukraine/Russia war is still the number foreign policy issue in the immediate term and how dangerous the situation is right now - Discussing the Reagan Presidency and the Able Archer 83 NATO/military exercise that could've triggered a nuclear war; this historical incident is often underdiscussed or forgotten today and scared Reagan (for more information on the incident please check out Nate Jones's Able Archer 83: The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War) - Hubris and sanctimony in the Washington foreign policy establishment - The U.S., human rights, double standards, Saudi Arabia, and Iran - North Korea's latest ICBM test and the failure of the U.S.'s current policy on the DPRK; negotiating with North Korea on arms-related issues using sanctions release as leverage - The crisis in Haiti, the history of U.S. interventions in Haiti, and the calls for a new U.S. intervention in Haiti; Doug's recent American Conservative article "Stop Invading Haiti" - Rising tensions between the U.S. and China; the issue of Taiwan; the Philippines; the South China Sea; the economic front of the U.S. tensions with China, especially in terms of China's hi-tech economy; Doug's recent CATO piece ""The Wages of Washington's Economic War on China Are Not Cheap" - The role of the Global South's relationship with the U.S. and the Global South's perspective on issues like the Ukraine/Russia war - The importance of diplomacy and talks even with our adversaries - The hangover of the U.S.'s time as the post-Cold War unipower - And more!

The Finale of Snafu: Season One! The holy grail of classified Able Archer documents is finally revealed. Will it hold the answers we seek? Produced by FilmNation and Pacific Electric Picture Co. in association with Gilded Audio.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sheer terror about the near disaster recedes over time, and intrigue sets in. Competing theories emerge as Nate Jones and others uncover reports that have been buried in archives for decades. Time casts a new shadow on Gordievsky and Rupp's Able Archer heroics. Myth, propaganda, and reality melt into one big cloudy soup. Produced by FilmNation and Pacific Electric Picture Co. in association with Gilded Audio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Opening day for Able Archer 83. The Soviets have front row seats to NATO's autumn military exercises. Tens of thousands of soldiers are playing pretend war in West Germany. The Soviets are NOT enjoying the show. And then… the war game actors begin ‘launching' nukes. Holy sh*tballs, this is not looking good. The spies try to thwart disaster, and one man is faced with a cataclysmic decision. Produced by FilmNation and Pacific Electric Picture Co. in association with Gilded Audio.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seit Beginn des russischen Angriffs auf die Ukraine ist das Interesse am Kalten Krieg stark gewachsen. Dahinter verbirgt sich die Hoffnung, aus der Geschichte lernen zu können. Im Vordergrund steht dabei die Frage, wie es damals gelang, trotz zahlreicher Krisen einen „heißen Krieg“ zu verhindern. In vier Folgen von „Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr“ beschäftigen wir uns mit der Suez-Krise von 1956, der Kuba-Krise des Jahres 1962, dem Einmarsch der Sowjetunion in die Tschechoslowakei 1968 und der von sowjetsicher Seite falsch eingeschätzten NATO-Übung ABLE ARCHER 1983. Mit unseren Gesprächspartnern diskutieren wir folgende Fragen: Wie war es zu diesen Krisen gekommen, welche Mächte und Internationalen Organisationen waren beteiligt und wie ist es schließlich gelungen, die Krise zu entschärfen? Und was können wir daraus für die Bewältigung der großen Krise, in der wir uns aufgrund des Angriffskrieges Russlands gegen die Ukraine befinden, lernen? In Folge 45 von „ZUGEHÖRT! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr“ über die Kuba-Krise 1962 spricht der Historiker Oberst d.R. Prof. Dr. Reiner Pommerin über Fidel Castros Revolution und die gescheiterten Versuche der USA unter den Präsidenten Eisenhower und Kennedy, Castros Regime zu stürzen. Die Sowjetunion unter Chruschtschow sah Kuba als eine günstige Gelegenheit, vor der Haustür der USA Atomraketen zu stationieren und mit den USA gleichzuziehen: Wie die USA mit ihren in Italien, Großbritannien und der Türkei stationierten Atomraketen hätte nun auch die Sowjetunion das Territorium ihres ideologischen Gegners bedrohen können. Die Krise eskalierte nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil es auf US-amerikanischer Seite nur eine strategische Option gab: Die sowjetischen Atomraketen auf Kuba mussten verschwinden. Als ein atomarer Schlagabtausch unausweichlich schien, schreckten sowohl Kennedy als auch Chruschtschow vor einer weiteren Eskalation zurück. Es war der aus persönlichen Kriegserfahrungen gespeiste gute Wille, der die Welt vor ihrer Zerstörung rettete. Erneut lernten sowohl die USA als auch die Sowjetunion aus der Krise. Beide einigten sich beispielsweise auf die Einrichtung einer Fernsprechverbindung zwischen den Hauptstädten, um direkt miteinander kommunizieren zu können. Die NATO spielte im Krisenmanagement keine Rolle; dagegen nutzten die USA den Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen geschickt, um den geheimen Aufbau von Atomraketen auf Kuba der Öffentlichkeit zu präsentieren und damit die Sowjetunion als Aggressor darzustellen. Zur Kubakrise hat er vor kurzem einen Band in der ZMSBw-Reihe Krieg der Moderne veröffentlicht. In „Angelesen – Das Buchjournal des ZMSBw“ können Sie eine Besprechung des Buches „Die Kuba-Krise 1962“ von Reiner Pommerin hören.

On this episode of Cyber we talk about an old technology that suddenly feels very new. The bomb. That's right, this episode is all about nuclear weapons. Thanks to Moscow's war in Ukraine and Putin's implicit and explicit threats to use them should Russian territory be threatened, everyone is afraid of nuclear weapons once again. Able Archer? Passé. Cuban Missile Crisis? Old news. These days it's all about hypersonics, tactical nukes, and even cruise missiles powered by a nuclear engine.At least that's the claim.On this episode of Cyber, the Arms Control Wonk himself, Jeffrey Lewis, comes on to answer all your burning questions about nuclear weapons. Lewis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute, a member of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and the host of the Arms Control Wonk podcast.Stories discussed in this episode:Is There a Threat of Nuclear War with Russia? Experts Weigh In.Putin Puts Russia's Nuclear Deterrent Forces on High AlertPutin Demonstrates New Missiles With Visualization of Nukes Hitting Mar-a-LagoNuclear War Anxiety Is Back. Here's How to Manage It.We're recording CYBER live on Twitch and YouTube. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show. Subscribe to CYBER on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts.Sign up for Motherboard's daily newsletter for a regular dose of our original reporting, plus behind-the-scenes content about our biggest stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Cyber we talk about an old technology that suddenly feels very new. The bomb. That's right, this episode is all about nuclear weapons. Thanks to Moscow's war in Ukraine and Putin's implicit and explicit threats to use them should Russian territory be threatened, everyone is afraid of nuclear weapons once again. Able Archer? Passé. Cuban Missile Crisis? Old news. These days it's all about hypersonics, tactical nukes, and even cruise missiles powered by a nuclear engine.At least that's the claim.On this episode of Cyber, the Arms Control Wonk himself, Jeffrey Lewis, comes on to answer all your burning questions about nuclear weapons. Lewis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute, a member of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and the host of the Arms Control Wonk podcast.Stories discussed in this episode:Is There a Threat of Nuclear War with Russia? Experts Weigh In.Putin Puts Russia's Nuclear Deterrent Forces on High AlertPutin Demonstrates New Missiles With Visualization of Nukes Hitting Mar-a-LagoNuclear War Anxiety Is Back. Here's How to Manage It.We're recording CYBER live on Twitch and YouTube. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show. Subscribe to CYBER on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts.Sign up for Motherboard's daily newsletter for a regular dose of our original reporting, plus behind-the-scenes content about our biggest stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seit Beginn des russischen Angriffs auf die Ukraine ist das Interesse am Kalten Krieg stark gewachsen. Dahinter verbirgt sich die Hoffnung, aus der Geschichte lernen zu können. Im Vordergrund steht dabei die Frage, wie es damals gelang, trotz zahlreicher Krisen einen „heißen Krieg“ zu verhindern. In vier Folgen von „Zugehört! Der Podcast des ZMSBw“ beschäftigen wir uns mit der Suez-Krise von 1956, der Kuba-Krise des Jahres 1962, dem Einmarsch der Sowjetunion in die Tschechoslowakei 1968 und der von sowjetsicher Seite falsch eingeschätzten NATO-Übung ABLE ARCHER 1983. Mit unseren Gesprächspartnern diskutieren wir folgende Fragen: Wie war es zu diesen Krisen gekommen, welche Mächte und Internationalen Organisationen waren beteiligt und wie ist es schließlich gelungen, die Krise zu entschärfen? Und was können wir daraus für die Bewältigung der großen Krise, in der wir uns aufgrund des Angriffskrieges Russlands gegen die Ukraine befinden, lernen? In Folge 44 von „ZUGEHÖRT! Der Podcast des ZMSBw“ zur Suez-Krise 1956 spricht der Historiker Oberst a.D. Prof. Dr. Winfried Heinemann über die Absichten Frankreichs und Großbritanniens, die Rolle Israels sowie die Intervention der beiden Supermächte USA und Sowjetunion. Er zeigt auf, dass Krisen positive Entwicklungen anstoßen können. Die NATO legte danach mehr Wert auf politische Konsultationen unter ihren Mitgliedern, und die Vereinten Nationen erfanden die UN-Friedenstruppen. Es gab auch einen Helden in der Suez-Krise. Das war der damalige kanadische Außen- und spätere Premierminister Lester „Mike“ Pearson, der 1957 wegen der „Erfindung der Blauhelme“ den Friedensnobelpreis zugesprochen bekam. Wichtig ist auch die Erkenntnis, dass der Westen in der Auseinandersetzung mit der damaligen Sowjetunion und der heutigen Russischen Föderation zusammenstehen muss und sich nicht spalten lassen darf. Im Oktober und November 2022 bieten wir Ihnen auch in unserem Buchjournal „Angelesen“ 15-20minütige Besprechungen über Bücher zum Kalten Krieg an. Jeden Donnerstag um 10 Uhr erscheint eine neue Audiodatei.

In 1983, fearful that the Able Archer 83 exercise was a cover for a NATO nuclear strike, the U.S.S.R. readied its own weapons for launch, and the world as we know it may have ceased to exist.

Hi, Off the Beat fans! SNAFU is a podcast, Hosted by Ed Helms about history's greatest screw-ups. Season 1 covers Able Archer 83 – the absurd, real-life war game no one's ever heard of. Ultimately, SNAFU is about nuclear paranoia and political mind games – and how fear and misunderstanding can propel us into disastrous circumstances. Listen here and subscribe to 'The Happiness Formula' on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

By the 1980s, tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union was a fact of everyday life. Early '80s American pop culture was quite literally exploding with nuclear doom. But was a real crisis unfolding right under our noses? One dauntless sleuth grows determined to get to the bottom of a decades-old Cold War mystery: Able Archer 83. Produced by FilmNation and Pacific Electric Picture Co. in association with Gilded Audio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cuban Missile Crisis is widely considered to be the closest the world has come to nuclear war. But while that crisis played out in public view, there was another close call that happened in the shadows. In this episode the story of Able Archer 83. Brian Morra is the author of “The Able Archers.” He has spent his career in intelligence and national security beginning with his time as a decorated Air Force Intelligence officer and through his many years as a senior executive in the aerospace and defense industry. Lt. Cdr. Steven Wills served for 20 years as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer, he served on a variety of small and medium surface combatants, including an assignment as the executive officer of a mine countermeasures ship. Further Reading Brian J. Morra, The Able Archers (Virginia Beach, VA: Köehler Books, 2022), https://www.koehlerbooks.com/book/the-able-archers/ Bernd Schaefer, Nate Jones, and Benjamin B. Fischer, “Forecasting Nuclear War,” Wilson Center, Cold War International History Project https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/forecasting-nuclear-war Zach Dorfman, “The Congressman Who Created His Own Deep State. Really.” Politico, December 2, 2018, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/02/larry-mcdonald-communists-deep-state-222726/.  

In this episode, Amber covers the murder of Brooke Preston.  On March 25, 2017, Randy  Herman called police in West Palm Beach, Florida. He told them that he had committed a murder, and to come pick him up at nearby Haverhill Park. Upon being detained, he confessed to authorities that he had fatally stabbed one of his roommates, 21-year-old Brooke Preston, a shocking 25 times. He then goes on to tell them that he had no recollection of the incident. He was in bed asleep and the next thing he knew, he was standing over his friend with a knife. Amber was drinking a wine gifted to her by Courtney; a Cabernet Sauvignon Skyfall from Washington State. It was robust and delicious. Sources:HULU Documentary – Dead Asleepwww.yahoo.com / What Piece of Evidence Made a Jury Convict Randy Herman Jr., Who Claimed He Killed Friend While Sleepwalking?/ Gina Tron / December 14, 2021www.dailynewscatcher.com / 12-5-21www.grunge.com /  The Tragic Murder of Brooke Preston Explained / Elizabeth Maxham / June 7, 2022www.wptv.com / Man stabs suburban West Palm Beach woman to death but can't recall incident / Wanda Moore / Mar 27, 2017Podcast – True Crime with Kendall Rae / April 28, 2022 www.Medlineplus.gov / “Sleepwalking”www.mayoclinic.org / “Symptoms and Causes of Sleepwalking”www.Universityhospitals.org / “Sleepwalking”www.Smithsonian.com / “The Science of Sleepwalking” / Joseph Stromberg / May 17, 2012Then Paul covers Able Archer 83.  Able Archer 83 was NATO exercise that started on November 2, 1983 and spanned the continent of Europe. It simulated a coordinated nuclear release. It used a new format of coded communication, radio silences, participation by heads of state, and a simulated DEFCON 1 nuclear alert. The realistic nature of the exercise,  led some in the USSR to believe that Able Archer 83 was a genuine nuclear strike. In response, the Soviets readied their nuclear forces and placed air units in East Germany and Poland on alert. This relatively obscure incident is considered by many historians to be the closest the world has come to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Sources: www.nsarchive.gwu.edu / The National Security Archives. “Able Archer 83” / Nate JonesForeign Policy Research Institute / “Able Archer at 35: Lessons of the 83 War Scare” / Robert E. Hamilton / December 3, 2018www.Livescience.com / Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear / Callum McKelvie / April 13, 2022 www.youtube.comBeau of the Fifth Column  “Let's talk about the unthinkable in Able Archer 1983”Arms Control Association Able Archer 83: How a Military Exercise Almost Spawned Nuclear War / Alexandra Crowley / November 17, 2017Smithsonian Magazine / The 1983 Military Drill That Nearly Sparked Nuclear War With the Soviets / Francine Uenuma History Correspondent / April 27, 2022 www.C-Span.org / NATO Exercise Able Archer 83 / Nate Jones / January 25, 2017 www.wikipedia.org To sign up for Buzzsprout and to support our show, follow the link below: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1303834

Försvarsalliansen Nato överlevde tyskarnas demokratisering, Sovjetunionens fall och president Donald Trumps öppna förakt genom att anpassa sig. Enda gången artikel fem utnyttjas, om att hjälpa en angripen medlem, var efter den 11 september 2001 när européerna symboliskt skickade övervakningsplan till USA.Med grundandet av försvarsalliansen NATO, eller Atlantpakten, den 4 april 1949 stod det klart att USA lämnat sin isolationistiska hållning som präglat supermakten sedan grundandet. Ambitionerna med Nato var att  ”keep the Russians out, the Germans down and the Americans in”. Men under sina 73 år har alliansen genomgått flera viktiga förändringar.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med Ann-Sofie Dahl, docent i internationell politik och Non-resident Senior Fellow vid Atlantic Council i Washington D.C. Hon har skrivit boken NATO – Historien om en försvarsallians i förändring som i dagarna släppts i en ny uppdaterad upplag.Redan i slutfasen av andra världskriget var det tydligt att världen var på väg mot en ny världsordning där de forna allierade Västmakterna och Sovjetunionen skulle hamna på var sin sida i det som blev Kalla kriget.USA tog en ledande roll för den fria världen efter andra världskriget. Marshall-hjälpen skulle få det av krig förödda Europa på fötter igen och försvarsalliansen Nato skulle stå för säkerheten. Medlemmarna har förbundet sig att försvara varandra om något medlemsland blir angripna.De första medlemmarna i Nato var USA och Kanada från Nordamerika och Storbritannien, Frankrike, Italien, Portugal, Nederländerna, Belgien, Luxemburg, Danmark, Norge och Island från Europa. Alla demokratier utom Portugal under diktatorn Salazar.Från Sovjetunionen kom svaret 1955 då Warszawapakten bildades med medlemmarna Sovjetunionen: Tjeckoslovakien, Östtyskland, Polen, Ungern, Bulgarien och Rumänien.Européerna var rädda att Koreakriget 1950-53 skulle innebära att USA vände sig bort från Europa mot Asien. Men Washington upplevde att det kommunistiska hotet fanns överallt. Därför kom USA att storsatsa på Nato. Kort efter utbrottet av Koreakriget godkände kongressen ett paket på 4 miljarder dollar avsett att stärka försvaret av Västeuropa.Alliansen utvidgades 1952 med Grekland och Turkiet. 1955 anslöt sig Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (Västtyskland) och 1982 Spanien. Frankrike, som ville föra en mer självständig utrikes- och försvarspolitik, lämnade 1966 den del av samarbetet som rör samordning och samträning av militära styrkor, men ingår fortfarande i den kollektiva försvarspakten.Nato kom också att ifrågasätta när Storbritannien och Frankrike kom att intervenera i Egypten under Suezkrisen 1956 utan att ha konsulterat med USA ställdes sig Washington på Sovjetunionens sida och frontade sina nära engelska och franska allierade.Den ryska aggressionen i Ukraina våren 2014 ledde till ännu ett nytt skede i Nato:s historia. Med det nygamla hotet från Ryssland återvände organisationen till den europeiska scenen, med Östersjön som strategiskt centrum.Lyssna också på Able Archer – när världen var minuter från kärnvapen-utplåning.Bild: Nato-poster från 1960. Wikipedia.Musik: Cinematic Dramatic Adventure Hollywood Orchestra Strings March Trailer av MEDIA MUSIC GROUP, Storyblock Audio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt.

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The year 1983 was one of the most dangerous in human history. While the Cuban crisis was exceptionally dangerous and both the United States and the Soviet Union had significant nuclear arsenals in 1962, a war in 1983 would have likely ended the human race.Brian Morra was Chief of Intelligence Analysis for US Forces Japan at Yakota airbase when on 1st September 1983 an unarmed Korean airliner was shot down by a Soviet fighter causing the deaths of 269 people. He describes the less well known subsequent incidents between Soviet and US military aircraft which almost resulted in a shooting war between the two superpowers.During this period the Soviet leadership believed the US was going to launch a nuclear attack on their country. Their paranoia was heightened by several incidents during 1983 which are dramatized in Brian's new novel  “The Able Archers”,  which is based on his experiences during that period.  UK listeners buy the Able Archers book hereUS listeners buy the Able Archers book hereRobert M. Gates, former CIA Director  and Secretary of Defence describes “The Able Archers” as “a powerful reminder of the value of human judgment—and the continuing peril posed by nuclear-armed powers.”I could really use your support to continue the podcast. A simple monthly donation will get you the sought after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/I am delighted to welcome Brian Morra to our Cold War conversation…There's further information on this episode in our show notes which can also be found as a link in your podcast app here. https://coldwarconversations.com/episode229If you can't wait for next week's episode do visit our Facebook discussion group where guests and listeners continue the Cold War Conversation. Just search Cold War Conversations on Facebook or click here https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/Thank you very much for listening. It is really appreciated.Have a look at our store and find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life? Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/Support the show (https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/)

Episode 69 – Brink of Nuclear War: Able Archers and Lessons for Today Episode Summary: In Episode 69 of the Aerospace Advantage podcast Brink of Nuclear War: Able Archers and Lessons for Today, host John "Slick" Baum is joined by former career Air Force intelligence officer and aerospace industry executive Brian Morra to discuss his new book The Able Archers and how the lessons he learned from his first-hand experience during Able Archer applies to Russia today. In 1983, following the NATO Able Archer military exercise and the Soviet shootdown of Korean Airlines flight 007, the US and Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war. The events were highly classified at the time, so little was known of the exact details. But, now, Brian has taken his first-hand experience as an intelligence officer in Japan along with newly declassified material, to tell us the story of The Able Archers and how the US and USSR avoided nuclear war. This story is incredibly relevant for today as the US and NATO face the threat of nuclear escalation by Russia in the Russia-Ukraine war.  Credits: Host: Lt Col (Ret.) John “Slick” Baum, Senior Fellow, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Producer: Daniel C. Rice Executive Producer: Douglas Birkey Guest: Brian Morra, Board Member at CAE USA and Author Links: You can buy The Able Archers book here. Find out more about Brian Morra here: www.brianjmorra.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/3GbA5Of Website: https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchellStudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mitchell.Institute.Aerospace LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nzBisb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themitchellinstituteforaero/?hl=en #MitchellStudies #AerospaceAdvantage #AbleArchers Thank you for your continued support!

Depesza, która wyszła z Waszyngtonu do głównej kwatery NATO w Belgii, wywołała panikę w Związku Radzieckim. Rosjanie byli pewni, że już nie uniką wojny jądrowej. Czas liczył się w tej grze najbardziej. Marszałek Dmitrij Ustinow był przekonany o tym, że Amerykanie ich zaatakują. Sprawa wydawała się prosta albo to oni pierwsi zaatakują, albo to imperialiści zdominują nadchodzącą potyczkę. Dlaczego szef KGB Jurij Andropow nalegał by zaczekać?

This week we talk about Kriegsppiel, deterrence, and drills.We also discuss Able Archer 83, simulations, and geopolitical posturing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letsknowthings.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk about Kriegsppiel, deterrence, and drills. We also discuss Able Archer 83, simulations, and geopolitical posturing. Support the show: patreon.com/letsknowthings & letsknowthings.com/support Show notes/transcript: letsknowthings.com My daily news summary: onesentencenews.com My other podcast: brainlenses.com

Join us as we talk about Deutschland 83. This eight-episode German television series became the most-successful foreign language drama ever aired on Channel 4 in the UK. In the series finale, "Able Archer", the West continues with its nuclear war game, and Martin, unwelcome on both sides of the border, contemplates a way to keep the East from making a devastating mistake. Meanwhile, Yvonne remains in the grasp of Annett and the secret police; Ingrid tracks down Schweppenstette to save Thomas from prison; and Alex confronts his own demons. You can find our playlist of the music featured in the series on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2f2j6jRgvIOaAXXHHIOfeM?si=269b116a2de54a65 and on Amazon Music https://music.amazon.co.uk/user-playlists/d665e8944f604ed58e892ddb8fa8063cengb?ref=dm_sh_d565-baff-b1ad-9620-1ac8a

A look at how the generational model might be useful in foreign policy - what interactions with other countries might be most beneficial, given that they are going through generational changes? Mostly looking at the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia, but finding some options that seem generally useful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soviet_and_Eastern_Bloc_defectors - fully 45 are in the period between 1959 and 1979. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Stalinization ""noted that his counterparts were obsessed with the historical parallel between 1941 and 1983. " - Able Archer 83  https://www.airspacemag.com/space/apollo-why-the-soviets-lost-180972229/ “While NASA was a centralized, top-down system run by the federal government, the Soviet space program acted more like a socialist version of a competitive market. ” https://www.space.com/10764-soviet-moon-rocket-secrets-revealed.html

The History Guy podcast features two stories of the Cold War. First is the story of Able Archer, a command exercise by NATO done in 1983, which the Soviet Union interpreted as a possible preparation for a first strike nuclear attack. We also have the EXCLUSIVE to the podcast story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB agent who turned to the West, and who escaped from Moscow in an agent exfiltration mission practically made for the movies. https://www.magellantv.com/ (MagellanTV) - a brand-new streaming service that features the very best collection of historical documentaries available anywhere. The service includes over 3,000 documentary movies, series, and exclusive playlists across the major genres, with particular depth in Ancient History, Modern History, War and Military. Check out their curated https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history (history playlist), designed with you in mind. Claim your free month trial at: https://try.magellantv.com/historyguy (https://try.magellantv.com/historyguy) Script for Oleg Gordievsky by MAB Support this podcast

The story of RYAN and Able Archer is an oft-told lesson of a U.S. intelligence failure, miscalculation, and two superpowers unaware they were on the brink of an accidental nuclear war — all because the Soviet Union relied on a software program to make predictions that were based on false assumptions. As more of our weapons systems and analytical and predictive systems become enabled by AI and Machine Learning, the lessons of RYAN and Able Archer is a cautionary tale for the DoD.

Could it have been that the most dangerous year of the Great War Scare wasn't 1983 with Able Archer, but 1984, when the danger receded into the mechanisms of the Soviet intelligence apparatus? Yes it could. For nearly a full year, the Soviet Union continued to operate on the assumption that the United States was going to launch a surprise attack. And the U.S. didn't seem to have a clue.

In part three of the 1983 series, we go deeper into what Exercise Able Archer actually was and why it scared the Soviet Union. After all this, was the war scare real? Recently released documents answer the question. 

Världen var bara minuter från utplåning i november år 1983. De sovjetiska ledarna var övertygade om att NATO-övningen Able Archer var förspelet till en kärnvapenattack på Sovjetunionen. Aldrig tidigare har mänskligheten varit så nära att utplåna sig själv. Grundorsaken var att världen sedan andra världskriget varit uppdelad i två block som helt saknade förståelse för varandra. Efter ett årtionde av avspänning blev det kalla kriget allt hetare när Sovjetunionen invaderade Afghanistan 1979. Temperaturen steg allt mer efter att Ronald Reagan blev president i USA och pekade ut Sovjetunionen som ondskans imperium. I avsnitt 127 av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledare Urban Lindstedt med historikern Olle Larsson som skrivit rad historieböcker. Han arbetar nu på en bok om 80-talet. Redan under Andra världskriget var slitningarna mellan Västmakterna och Sovjetunionen stora - trots alliansen mot Nazityskland. Efter krigsslutet blev brytningen total och det stod klart att världen delats in i ett västligt kapitalistiskt block och ett östligt kommunistiskt block – kalla kriget var ett faktum. Kapprustningen med kärnvapen mellan Väst och Öst hade gjorde det möjligt att utplåna jorden många gånger om. Och när den amerikanska presidenten Ronald Reagan introducerade tanken på att det skulle vara möjligt att skydda sig mot kärnvapen brast den ömtåliga balansen. Det blev inte bättre av att det åldrande sovjetiska ledarskapet faktiskt hade upplevt Nazitysklands utrotningskrig i Sovjetunionen. De trodde hela tiden det värsta om Västvärlden. Bild: Protester mot utplaceringen av Pershing II missiler i Europa, Bonn Västtyskland 1981. Musik: Darkness closing av Jon Purdey, Storyblocks Audio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We explore the 1981-83 nuclear war scare, what caused it, and what almost set the missiles flying during the Able Archer 83 exercise. This episode offers some background, and an introduction to Operation RYaN, the Soviet effort to predict a U.S. first strike. Very dangerous days. This time on the Vault. 

Dies Woche kehren unsere Redakteure Michi und Moritz erneut in den kalten Krieg zurück und zwar in das Jahr 1983. Dabei wird unter anderem das NATO-Manöver Able Archer genauer unter die Lupe genommen, bei dem die Welt tatsächlich sehr knapp an einem Atomkrieg vorbei geschrammt ist. Wir wünschen wie immer viel Spaß beim Zuhören.

Dies Woche kehren unsere Redakteure Michi und Moritz erneut in den kalten Krieg zurück und zwar in das Jahr 1983. Dabei wird unter anderem das NATO-Manöver Able Archer genauer unter die Lupe genommen, bei dem die Welt tatsächlich sehr knapp an einem Atomkrieg vorbei geschrammt ist. Wir wünschen wie immer viel Spaß beim Zuhören.

How all out nuclear war was nearly launched in 1983 and Ronald Reagan said 'Oh well, it's not the end of the world.' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk an old rpg Gamma World by TSR.  It was the first RPG owned by Saul and it was Jolene's first RPG game she played way back in the early 80's.   Saul and Jolene discuss all the iterations Gamma World that were published.  From the first edition published in 1978 to 8th edition published in 2010.   Saul has copies of 4 different editions.   Saul and Jolene talk about why they liked the game.  Saul discusses running the latest edition at local con in kids and teen rooms.       Thanks to all that listen to our podcast and all we ask is that you share our podcast with family and friends.     We have to confess an error we refer to the bipedal mutated rabbits as Hoppers but they were actually called Hoops.  Hoppers were the large horse sized mutated rabbits that some used as mounts.  Hoops were smart and Hoppers were considered dumb by Hoops in the game.  Sorry for confusing the two mutated rabbits.       The Day After aired on November 20th 1983.  Interestingly enough the NATO ran a command post exercise called Able Archer, later records reveal that this was the closest the world was to nuclear world war since the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Check it out, pretty scary stuff.     Music by Blue Ducks, song Floss Suffers from Gamma Radiation off the album Six    Available from FreeMusicArchive.com

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In 1983 Soviet leaders interpreted a series of American actions leading up to Exercise ABLE ARCHER as real steps toward a nuclear attack. In this episode we talk with Dr. Bob Hamilton about how Soviets and Americans misunderstood each other and almost started a nuclear war. Hamilton is an Professor of Eurasian Studies at the U.S. Army War College and a retired Army colonel. He is the author of the article “ABLE ARCHER at 35: Lessons of the 1983 War Scare.” 

Today we're talking to Francesca Akhtar who holds a  BA Hons in American Studies with 1st class honours  from Canterbury Christ Christ Church University in Kent, and a Masters degree in US history & Politics from the Institute of the Americas, University College London. Her main research interests are US Cold War foreign policy, intelligence history and defence. Francesca has written a dissertation entitled  “The most dangerous Soviet-American confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis?” An analysis of the origins, nature and impact of the Able Archer 83 incident . I am delighted to welcome Francesca Akhtar to Cold War Conversations. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpod)

I 1983 sad topfolk fra NATO i en belgisk atombomber og planlagde at starte 3. verdenskrig. Eller det troede Russerne i hvert fald. I denne uge dykker vi ned i historien om Operation Able Archer og dengang verden var uhyre tæt på et krigsudbrud. 

Historian and author Taylor Downing describes the events of the Able Archer scare, which nearly witnessed global Armageddon when the Soviets misread the intentions behind a NATO war exercise See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's episode chronicles the lesser known story of Able Archer 83. An event which brought the world closest to nuclear apocalypse since the Cuban Missile Crisis. One which fundamentally changed Ronald Reagan; finding him an ally in Gorbachev.

Nate Jones talks about his book “Able Archer” - a recently declassified story about a training mission that got us dangerously close to nuclear war with Russia.

In this extra long episode, we ruined all our sweaters by pulling at the 1984 TV movie, Threads. What would nuclear war look like to average people in an average city in the United Kingdom? How did the British plan to survive a nuclear attack? How do you mind the gap when the gap is a 100-meter crater at a radioactive ground zero? Tim and his special guest co-host Tim Collins (@WarAndCake) answer these questions and more. Before we the news anchors switched to local sports and the weather, we recommend: -When the Wind Blows, 1986 -The books of Jonathan Schell, including Fate of the Earth, The Abolition, and The Gift of Time -Nate Jones, Able Archer 83 : The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War, 2016 -Peter Hennessey, The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2001, 2010 -The Letter of Last Resort, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Drama Also check out the sources below to learn more about the subjects in this episode – you can also access these links on our website, SuperCriticalPodcast.com. Thanks again to Tim Collins for being a guest on the podcast. He is a Ph.D. candidate at King’s College London studying early British nuclear history and you can follow him on Twitter @WarAndCake. We aim to have at least one new episode every month. Let us know what you think about the podcast and any ideas you may have about future episodes and guests by reaching out at on iTunes, Twitter @NuclearPodcast, GooglePlay Music, SoundCloud, TuneIn, Stitcher Radio, Facebook, SuperCriticalPodcast@gmail.com, and YouTube. Enjoy!

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Nate Jones, the Director of the Freedom of Information Act Project for the National Security Archive, and the author of the new book Able Archer 83: The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War. Get the book: http://www.spymuseumstore.org/able-archer-83.html#.WIdjWrYrJTY

Sport is often referred to as "war minus the shooting," but in one case in 1969 it helped ignite an actual armed conflict. A contentious World Cup qualifier between Honduras and El Salvador combined with political tensions to spark the so-called "Football War." Nate Jones (author of Able Archer 83) tells the story of the Football War and his work obtaining documents through the Freedom of Information Act at the National Security Archive. Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-30-the-football-war