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Question: What was the closest that Russia & America went War during the Cold War!?
When/what was the highest point of tension during the Cold War that the Soviets and the US nearly went to war with each other!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The closest that was made public was the Cuban Missile Crisis!. There were also several encounters between our atomic submarines, and even Russian and Americans taking islands between Siberia and Alaska that almost caused some shooting!. There was also our involvement in helping the Afghanistan Rebels fight the Soviet invaders in the 1970s/1980s, and even the Soviet/China mini-war in northern India that everyone tries to ignore!.
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When the Berlin Wall went up, an Atomic artillery shell was actually assembled and armed either in Berlin, or in the main part of West Germany and it was being prepared to be "rammed"! This is why the "two man rule" came into being for our nuclear weapons!. In addition: If the British and French had shown any strength, spine or support, the wall would have never been put up at all, but the US wasn't going to go to war alone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Cold War period saw both periods of heightened tension and relative calm!. On the one hand, international crises such as the Berlin Blockade (1948–1949), the Korean War (1950–1953), the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Vietnam War (1959–1975), the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989), and especially the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis raised fears of a Third World War!. The last such crisis moment occurred during NATO exercises in November 1983!. However, there were also periods of reduced tension as both sides sought détente!. Direct military attacks on adversaries were deterred by the potential for mutual assured destruction using deliverable nuclear weapons!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Cold War wasn't really a war!. It was just rising tensions between the U!.S!.S!.R!. and U!.S!. of who can develop and advance further than the other!.

Probably the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest they have gone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Cuban missle crisis!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Cuban missile crisisWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Korean War!. There were air dog fights between the Russians and the U!.S!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

cuban missile crisisWww@QuestionHome@Com