Not the Hand of God: What Saved Moscow From Nuclear Strike During Cold War

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Intercontinental ballistic missiles added significantly to the USSR’s security at the height of the Cold War in the early 1980s, when then-US President Ronald Reagan notoriously referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire”.

17 December marked the 40th anniversary of three advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) – RS-16B, RS-18B, and RS-20B – entering service with the Soviet Armed Forces.

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