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Originally Posted by Dutch
We thought it was inevitable that we would have to have a nuclear showdown. In the 1980's, that all changed.
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"Yes, there could be a limited nuclear war in Europe."
___President Reagan, 1981
"We have contingency plans to fire a [nuclear] warning shot at the Soviet Union, warning of U.S. intentions to begin a nuclear war."
__Secretary of State Haig, 1981
Responding the United States announcement that it had plans to fire a "nuclear warning shot," Soviet leader Brezhnev said: "Even the use of one nuclear bomb would inevitably lead to an all-out nuclear exchange."