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Did you know that during the cold war that took place between the United States and Russia ,the Soviet Union back then, the United States had a 24 hour / 7 days a week rotation of B-52 bombers loaded with nuclear bombs ready to head to bomb Moscow in the event that The Soviet Union would launch an attack on United States soil.
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I once read that this cold war lasted for like 44 years. And now you add that USA kept this procedure 24/7 for all this time. Oh, it really costs a lot of money and energy to stay enemy with someone/some country!! Thanks for the bite.