Able Archer 83
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Able Archer 83 was a military exercise conducted by NATO that took place in November 1983, as part of the annual Able Archer exercise. It simulated a period of heightened nuclear tensions between NATO
A KGB report from 1981 reporting that the KGB had "implemented measures to strengthen intelligence work in order to prevent a possible sudden outbreak of war by the enemy". To do this, the KGB "actively obtained information on military and strategic issues, and the aggressive military and political plans of imperialism [the United States] and its accomplices", and "enhanced the relevance and effectiveness of its active intelligence abilities".
The US Pershing II missile
A US Air Force after-action report describes three days of "low spectrum" conventional play followed by two days of "high spectrum nuclear warfare". From the National Security Archive.
A Soviet RSD-10 missile
Leonard H. Perroots
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Leonard Harry Perroots, Sr., USAF was Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from October 1985 to December 1988. He retired January 1, 1989. In 1989, he was hired by Donald Mayes to become presid
Able Archer 83
…Army began loading nuclear warheads onto combat planes in preparation for war. The apparent threat of nuclear war ended when U.S. lieutenant general Leonard H. Perroots advised against responding to the Warsaw Pact military activity, which ended with the conclusion of the exercise on November 11. The exercise attracted…
Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots