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A Norwegian Science Rocket Nearly Sparked Nuclear War
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A Norwegian Science Rocket Nearly Sparked Nuclear War

A flock of migrating swans triggered the most dangerous false alarm in nuclear history—and nobody knows how close we came to ending civilization.

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Cold WarNuclear WeaponsNorwayRussiaMilitary Technology20th CenturyArctic ResearchFalse AlarmBoris YeltsinNear Miss

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