@wellerstein Do you think that the US would have retaliated if the USSR did what the DPRK says they'll do (lob dummy missiles near Guam)?
You have to remember that USA violated Soviet airspace routinely, violated international waters routinely, etc. Provocation went both ways.
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Yes, but a *missile*? There's no way to know whether it's nuclear-tipped or not until it hits.
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My point is just that brinksmanship, provocation, etc., not unique to present moment.
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I imagine that the Soviets, with their superior HUMINT, knew that the U-2 was not capable of carrying bombs?
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