The NSA notably sent a Wikipedia article in response to a FOIA request for documents on this event.
The NSA notably sent a Wikipedia article in response to a FOIA request for documents on this event. One of the documents on this event was an index card in which one leader asked Arthur Hartmann if another country's leaders were "huffing and puffing." Benjamin Fischer concluded that one side's response to this event was a rational continuation of the misgivings exemplified the launch of Operation RYAN two years prior. This event was part of the month-long annual Autumn Forge event. During this event, orange forces invaded Yugoslavia on Halloween, and then invaded (*) Finland, Norway, Greece, and Germany. At the culmination of this event, the leadership of Blue forces engaged in a command post exercise, which according to informant Oleg Gordievsky, terrified one side in this event. The Soviets mistook increased US-UK radio communication over the invasion of Grenada earlier in the year as planning for a preemptive nuclear strike using this event as a pretext. For 10 points, name this NATO exercise that nearly provoked a preemptive Soviet nuclear strike.
The NSA notably sent a Wikipedia article in response to a FOIA request for documents on this event.
Operation Able Archer 83 [or 1983 war scare until 1983 is read; or Able Archer war scare; Autumn Forge 83; or Reforger 83; prompt on "Able Archer," "Autumn Forge," and "Reforger" until 1983 is read]