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Ramstein
The United States Air Force Europe Headquarters was at Ramstein in West German, and was where General Perroots was based, who had made the decision not to increase alert levels to avoid spiking the Soviets. This was one of the most important of the many details that prevented the Soviet attack.
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The Soviet deployments of SS-20 intermediate range nuclear missiles, forced The West to deploy Cruise missiles in the UK and Pershing II missiles in Germany. Photo: Department of Defense.
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