September 2, 2019
Russia vs. Britain: In 1988, a Royal Navy Frigate Played Pranks on Soviet Ships
The Soviets realized a NATO warship was off their coast. They sent aircraft and helicopters to buzz London. Meanwhile, a Matka-class, missile-armed hydrofoil sailed to intercept the frigate. “Littlejohns decided to have some ‘fun and games’ with the Matka,†Ballantyne wrote.
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In the late 1980s, tensions between NATO and the Soviet Union began to ease. American president Ronald Reagan and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, or INF, which banned in Europe land-based, nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and rockets with ranges between 300 and 3,400 miles.
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