2007-11-07 04:28:15 · 8 answers · asked by Katie J 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
We'd still have missiles in Turkey aimed at strategic targets in the Ukraine and other southeastern portions of what was the USSR. The Soviets weren't about to launch a strike, they may be obtuse, but they aren't stupid.
2007-11-07 04:46:22 · answer #1 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, for starters, this conversation would not be happening. I was a child living just outside the District of Columbia during the Missile Crisis. Can YOU say "Ground Zero"? At the very least the missiles in Cuba would have flown. If it had gone to total release, which is the most-likely probability, this world would still be recovering. (See "Nuclear winter")
2007-11-07 13:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With Mutually Assured Destruction as a policy, we would not be here to discuss this question.
the U.S.S.R. did back down though, so we lived to hide under our desks every time the alarm sounded.
2007-11-07 12:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly Nuclear War would have been the result!
2007-11-07 12:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were concessions made on both sides. Had it turned into a nuclear war, well, you wouldn't be asking this question, and I wouldn't be answering.
2007-11-07 12:36:14 · answer #5 · answered by RUESTER 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, we might be living in a nuclear wasteland.
2007-11-07 12:32:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no one living on this planet
2007-11-07 19:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we would be glowing in the dark right now.
2007-11-07 12:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by spartan 117 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋