The CLOSEST we came to WW3, ranked #history

The world nearly ended five times. Once over a bear. Sources - National Security Archive, "Soviet Submarines and Nuclear Torpedoes in the Cuban Missile Crisis" (2022): https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2022-10-03/soviet-submarines-nuclear-torpedoes-cuban-missile-crisis - National Security Archive, "The Underwater Cuban Missile Crisis": https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB399/ - National Security Archive, "The 3 A.M. Phone Call" (false warnings, 1979-80): https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb371/ - National Security Archive, the declassified PFIAB report on the 1983 war scare: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb533-The-Able-Archer-War-Scare-Declassified-PFIAB-Report-Released/ - 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident - Operation RYAN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_RYAN - Duluth Air Defense Sector (the 1962 bear): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth_Air_Defense_Sector - Norwegian rocket incident (1995): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_rocket_incident - List of nuclear close calls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): "The Escalation", "Spy Glass", "Investigations", "Hidden Agenda", "Carefree", "Covert Affair". Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl) and Freesound contributors (CC0).