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Yes it will, no it won't.
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YES IT WILL, NO IT WON'T The world held its breath during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, as the United States and the Soviet Union pushed each other to the brink of nuclear war. The amount of nuclear weapons possessed by these two superpowers in the 1960s is a frightening thought. The threat of a war was present each and every day, with the United States having bombers in the air twenty-four hours a day, ready to make a retaliatory strike on any Soviet attacks. What would happen if these bombers were accidentally ordered to bomb Moscow? This is the situation addressed in two 1964 films, Dr. Strangelove and Fail-Safe. It is very rare to see two movies with virtually the same plot line released in the same year. Dr. Strangelove and Fail-Safe are two such movies. Released on the heels of the Cuban missile crisis and the assassination...
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