In the days following Mikhail Gorbachev’s ouster, NATO’s civilian leadership, and military commanders collectively began to consider what the ramifications of the coup for their alliance, its member-nations, and for the military men, their respective commands. Romanov was a dyed-in-the-wool hardliner. It was generally assumed he would  turn his attention to the smoldering situation in …
July 5, 1987- NBC News Special Report **
Diplomatic efforts continue as the crisis between the United States and Soviet Union over Thursday’s naval action in the Mediterranean that left a US frigate damaged and a sank a Soviet cruiser continues to escalate. The US and Soviet Union have blamed each other for the incident that left 30 US sailors and 100 Soviets …
July 2, 1987- CBS News Special Report **
White House sources have confirmed to CBS News that there has been a clash between US and Soviet warships in the Mediterranean. Less than an hour ago, a Soviet cruiser rammed the frigate USS Klakring east of Malta. The Soviet ship had been shadowing the Saratoga carrier battle group for the last two days. After the ramming, Klakring was fired upon …
June 28, 1987- ABC News **
The Pentagon is expressing concern about the upcoming Soviet military exercise in Eastern Europe. The large exercise, named Zapad-87, was announced last month and is scheduled to begin on July 1st and run for six days. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said the exercise violates the section of the Helsinki Accords calling for advance notification of military …
June 12, 1987-NBC Nightly News **
While in West Berlin today, President Reagan responded to comments made last week by Soviet General Secretary Grigory Romanov about the increase in tension between the US and Soviet Union since Romanov's unexpected rise to power in April. In a speech given in front of the Berlin Wall, Reagan expressed hope that Romanov will continue …
Welcome To Third World War 1987 **
Thanks for stopping by. 🙂 I intend to take a multifaceted approach with this blog. Primarily, I want to construct a detailed narrative, and timeline centered on a US/NATO-Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact conflict set in 1987. Attached to that will be a comprehensive account of the global military picture as it was in 1987. Independent of the …
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