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Vietnam War - Operation Giant Lance

Time: Monday Oct 27, 1969

Place: Soviet Union, (Russia)

Details: On 27 October 1969, Nixon had ordered a squadron of 18 B-52s loaded with nuclear weapons to race to the border of Soviet airspace to convince the Soviet Union, in accord with the madman theory, that he was capable of anything to end the Vietnam War ("Operation Giant Lance").

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