8. Computer Chip Malfunction Almost Causes Nuclear War
Isn’t it amazing how a 50 cent computer chip can cause such a huge disaster? Well, in 1980, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (commonly known as NORAD) that is exactly what happened. When a screen that always displayed that there were zero incoming missiles suddenly said that there were two, all hell began to break loose. So in 1980, when tensions were insanely high with the Soviet Union, when a screen shows any number of incoming missiles, many things begin happening.
The Air Force began freaking out, sirens were going crazy and everyone’s heart rate was very high in the command center of NORAD. Before things got so out of hand that the United States actually fired their own missiles the glitch was discovered and everyone got to breathe a little easier. But as it has already been mentioned, the threat of nuclear war would undoubtedly destroy the planet.
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