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The Computer Simulation That Almost Started World War III

Post by Riddick » 02-19-2015 12:44 AM

Remember the 1983 movie "WarGames? The film is about a computer "game" with the potential to start thermonuclear war. But strangely this scenario is more truth than fiction. Because in 1979 programmers at NORAD almost started World War III when they accidentally ran a computer simulation of a Soviet attack. FULL STORY

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Post by Dude111 » 02-25-2015 02:19 AM

Yes I think I remember reading that OR posting it myself Riddick,not sure if its the same 1 your referring to.....

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