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Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:11 pm to Zach
I remember being terrified of nuclear war. But my memories of the cold war were mostly as a child.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:15 pm to thelawnwranglers
I lived in West Germany from '70-'75. Visited the wall and checkpoint Charlie a few times. I was in my early teens. The threat seemed very real to me and my friends growing up on army bases. I seem to remember that the USSR had enough tanks amassed near the border to over run West Germany and France in hours not days. But I could be remembering wrong.
We payed very close attention to the news as the Viet Nam war was winding down. A lot of our dads were either there or had been there. It's hard to describe growing up like that. I was born an army brat and didn't live anywhere but army bases until I left home from Ft. Riley, KS in 1979.
So my perspective of the Cold War is probably skewed.
We payed very close attention to the news as the Viet Nam war was winding down. A lot of our dads were either there or had been there. It's hard to describe growing up like that. I was born an army brat and didn't live anywhere but army bases until I left home from Ft. Riley, KS in 1979.
So my perspective of the Cold War is probably skewed.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:19 pm to Zach
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What do you remember about the Cold War?
- Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire" and "Tear Down this Wall" Speeches
- Made for the best Olympic Games. USA vs. USSR.
- Also, Rocky IV:
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:35 pm to MississippiLSUfan
Not remembering wrong. Understated.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:37 pm to Zach
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2. My mom was scared during the Cuban missile crisis. Dad, Bro and I were not. We said, 'Mom, I don't think New Iberia is a target for the Russians. Relax and make us a sammich.'
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:43 pm to asurob1
I had no idea that you were in your late 70's.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:51 pm to HubbaBubba
Well, lemme tell ya about my back pain. I'm playing golf Wed and it's acting up. I can swing the club but I can't bend over to tee the ball up or get it out of the cup. I'm gonna have to do the knee bend like the ladies do and I'm afraid my partners are gonna give me the business. The bastards.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:52 pm to Zach
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Older folks: What do you remember about the Cold War?
The Doomsday Clock.
It was always 3 minutes or 5 minutes or 7 minutes to a nuclear exchange with the Russians.
In about 1985 the neutron bomb was discovered. This added a new and dire aspect to the whole mess. Supposedly a neutron bomb could minimize material destruction but killed many people with fast decaying radiation.
Doesn’t that sound lovely?
This – the rationale went – would make it more palatable for the Soviets to plunge into Western Europe for World War Three along the previous two models. Scary.
Of the top of my head:
Soviets 50,000 tanks NATO 22,000 tanks
Soviets 4,500 combat aircraft NATO 3,000 combat aircraft
Soviet Navy 900 ships and 300 attack submarines US Navy 500 ships and 100 attack submarines
But the Rooskies never wanted to pull the trigger. We had some considerable qualitative edge.
One factoid from back in the day -- The Syrian army attempted to take the Golan Heights with 900 modern Soviet made tanks in 1973 -- They were held off by a Brigade on 150 Israeli Sherman tanks from World War Two.
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:53 pm to WhiskeyPapa
It could have happened.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:54 pm to WhiskeyPapa
The Sherman was a pretty good darn tank, especially when up-gunned and carrying wet ammo.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:55 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Here's a question. If you asked 100 average 12th graders in your home town:
"What was the Six Day War?"
How many of them would know the answer?
"What was the Six Day War?"
How many of them would know the answer?
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:55 pm to HubbaBubba
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I had no idea that you were in your late 70's.
LOL...no.
That photo is from the mid 80s.
I was in the navy from 85 to 90.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 12:56 pm to TBEAUXN
quote:This still happens to this day. In the 90's they were outright at the piers in Havana no need to fake like fisherman. Years later... the democrats loved their way of life and sent reps to Havana to celebrate and pose, even with a POTUS with Chavez in the background.
The Soviet sailors had an awesome sense of humor, when seen through binos! I think they enjoyed dressing up like fake fishermen, and liberty in Havana.
I'd pay good money to send the average ignorant democrat to live like a non tourist in Havana right now. Maybe they would get a grip.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 1:02 pm to Zach
1- everything we did as a nation was to best the USSR. Race to moon... arms.
2- the decision to BK their gov vs their decision to bring down our society.
The last was a huge because congress failed to defend that
2- the decision to BK their gov vs their decision to bring down our society.
The last was a huge because congress failed to defend that
Posted on 5/15/17 at 1:03 pm to Champagne
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The Sherman was a pretty good darn tank, especially when up-gunned and carrying wet ammo.
I have always been a big fan of the Sherman even though it was crappy in a lot of ways.
The Israelis put in a 450 hp diesel engine and guns up to 105mm with lots of penetrating power. Pretty good stuff.
The last national buy of Sherman tanks was from Israel to Bolivia in 2004 – sixty two years after the first Sherman rolled off the assembly line.
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