Was there ever an armed conflict between US and the Soviet Union?

[TommyVercetti]

Was there one? If there was, how long did it last?

I just saw a movie called "Threads". It's about the nuclear fallout, and it is soooooo dark and dreary.

 

[AntaresVI]

Of course there was. Didn't you see The Hunt for Red October?

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: LeRocks
Of course there was. Didn't you see The Hunt for Red October?

 

[bradruth]

Two words: Cold War.

 

[Shuxclams]

Kidz these dayz?

SHUX

 

[440sixpack]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Was there one? If there was, how long did it last?

I just saw a movie called "Threads". It's about the nuclear fallout, and it is soooooo dark and dreary.

Great flick, I've got a copy. Much darker and more realistic than "The Day After".

Anyway, direct conflict no, but I guess you could say indirectly through Vietnam and the whole Cold War thing.

 

[Yossarian]

Red Dawn. It was true!!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Directly? No.

If there had been, you would most likely not be posting.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
Red Dawn. It was true!!

beat me to it

No, it was all "proxy wars" with us arming one side like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, and the Russians arming the other side. That's why places in Africa are brimfull of tanks and assault rifles instead of farm equipment and medicine.

Not that I'm cynical about it....

 

[kindest]

I thought Raw Deal with Arnold was the cold war.

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: PipBoy
Red Dawn. It was true!!

beat me to it

No, it was all "proxy wars" with us arming one side like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, and the Russians arming the other side. That's why places in Africa are brimfull of tanks and assault rifles instead of farm equipment and medicine.

Not that I'm cynical about it....

One of your facts is also incorrect. The US did not arm the Taliban.

 

[Pastfinder]

Indirectly yes, in the Korean War, Vietnam and Afghanistan...

 

[cerebusPu]

not the taliban...but al-qaeda.

 

[OutHouse]

Direct war no. But we did have a serious skirmish with the Russians right after WWII in Finland i believe, many dead on both sides. A friend of mine gave me a book about it a long time ago. I read it and it really did happen. The details escape me.

**edit i do seem to remember watching something about it on the History Channel a few years ago.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Was there one? If there was, how long did it last?

I just saw a movie called "Threads". It's about the nuclear fallout, and it is soooooo dark and dreary.

who cares.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
not the taliban...but al-qaeda.

We funded the afganhi muhjadeen(mispelled I dont care), not the taliban or al qeeda. It just so happens Bin Laden was part of the muhjadeen and he ended up turning on the US. We funded Bin Laden before he became a terrorist, before al-qaeda, before the taliban. What happened was we did nothing for afghanistan after they fended off the russians.

 

[BigJelly]

Actually in the beginning of the Vietnam War, American jet fighters went up against Soviet mig fighters but that is the only time Americans and Soviets went at it. *Cough* Kill to death ratio of American fighters to enemy was 12:1 *Cough*
It was on the history channel, thats my source--FYI.

 

[Pastfinder]

F-105, they didn't call is the THUD for nothing...

 

[ElFenix]

we fought a war over the mine shaft gap remember?

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: BigJelly
Actually in the beginning of the Vietnam War, American jet fighters went up against Soviet mig fighters but that is the only time Americans and Soviets went at it. *Cough* Kill to death ratio of American fighters to enemy was 12:1 *Cough*
It was on the history channel, thats my source--FYI.

You might be thinking more the Korean War. It's been well documented that Russians were actually piloting many of the Migs in the Korean War for lack of skilled pilots from the Chinese and North Koreans. The kill ratio was about you cited. The same thing may have happened on a smaller scale in Vietnam too (I know Russian 'advisors' were on the ground in the North, not sure about the air.)

 

[BigJelly]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: BigJelly
Actually in the beginning of the Vietnam War, American jet fighters went up against Soviet mig fighters but that is the only time Americans and Soviets went at it. *Cough* Kill to death ratio of American fighters to enemy was 12:1 *Cough*
It was on the history channel, thats my source--FYI.

You might be thinking more the Korean War. It's been well documented that Russians were actually piloting many of the Migs in the Korean War for lack of skilled pilots from the Chinese and North Koreans. The kill ratio was about you cited. The same thing may have happened on a smaller scale in Vietnam too (I know Russian 'advisors' were on the ground in the North, not sure about the air.)

that's right it was the korean war, NOT the vietnam war.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
Red Dawn. It was true!!

What about Top Gun and Firefox?

 

[Pacfanweb]

I know for a fact that the Soviets participated in the air during the Korean war.

I know for a fact that the Soviets participated on the ground during the Vietnam war, and I'm pretty sure that they flew some combat missions, too.

There have even been Russian Vietnam war reunions I've read about.

Several submarines have collided during the Cold War.