# WarGames for real

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**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wargames-for-real/330550 "2020-11-30T05:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wargames-for-real/330550/1 "2020-11-30T05:04:00Z")

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Interesting and thought provoking article. Also a bit scary…

> **[WarGames for real: How one 1983 exercise nearly triggered WWIII](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/wargames-for-real-how-one-1983-exercise-nearly-triggered-wwiii/)**
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> From the archives: Say hello to the KGB software model that forecasted mushroom clouds.

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**Author:** ![nonja121](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nonja121/32/52722_2.png) [@nonja121](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nonja121)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wargames-for-real/330550/2 "2020-11-30T16:42:43Z")

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I’m definitely giving this a good read after work! Looks super interesting.

If you’re interested in that kind of thing and want to further brown your undies, look up “The Doomsday Machine” by Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg worked for Rand Corp and had a front row seat for the development of a lot of our nuclear warmaking planning and infrastructure and is nowadays a staunch ani-proliferation advocate. Super interesting—and terrifying—read.

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

> **[The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner: Ellsberg, Daniel:...](https://www.amazon.com/Doomsday-Machine-Confessions-Nuclear-Planner/dp/1608196739)**
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> The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner \[Ellsberg, Daniel\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner