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CLOSE CALL Solar storm nearly started nuclear war in 1967
A armed guard walks past a blast-proof 25-ton steel door protecting the Cheyee Mountain complex, home of NORAD. Picture taken October 14, 1999. (REUTERS/Rick Wilking) The sun, not the Soviets, was a provocateur during a little-known Cold War event, a new study reveals. A solar storm of historic proportions in May 1967 interfered with American radar installations and raised tensions, leading to aircraft being prepared for launch, according to the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The AGU is the publisher of the joual Space Weather, which will featurethe study. The solar storm was so powerful it disturbed Ballistic Missile Early Waing System sites in Alaska, Greenland, and the U.K. on May 23, ...
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