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![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
In mid-February 1981, and continuing until 1983, psychological operations by the United States began. These were designed to test Soviet radar vulnerability and to demonstrate US nuclear capabilities. They included clandestine naval operations in the Barents, Norwegian, Black and Baltic Sea and near the GIUK gap, as well as flights by American bombers, occasionally several times per week, directly toward Soviet airspace that turned away only at the last moment.[2]
"It really got to them," recalls Dr. William Schneider Jr., [former] undersecretary of state for military assistance and technology, who saw classified "after-action reports" that indicated U.S. flight activity. "They didn't know what it all meant. A squadron would fly straight at Soviet airspace, and other radars would light up and units would go on alert. Then at the last minute the squadron would peel off and return home."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4r5edmfkdilgdovt6whb2ocf/bafkreihf6ppucmg2eh2dquckdqkeis5qgbmjlv47umvzkmpfarejneeklq)
