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Pentagon Says 1980 Alarm Was an Accidental Nuclear Detonation Scare

Exterior of the Pentagon building at dusk in 1980, with vehicles and uniformed personnel near an entrance, conveying a tense institutional setting during the Cold War.

On Feb. 9, 1980, the Pentagon confirmed that alarms and urgent responses tied to a suspected nuclear incident were the result of an accidental scare, not an actual detonation; subsequent investigations attributed the episode to equipment and communication failures amid Cold War alert procedures.

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