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5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
November 9, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 23:00
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We spent the Cold War in perpetual fear that the U.S. and U.S.S.R. would start an intentional nuclear conflict. The truth is, we came far closer to blowing ourselves up with nuclear weapons than we ever came to WWIII.

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