The U.S. And Russia Almost Got Into War 7 Times

Photo: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Niegel

We Are The Mighty: 7 Times the U.S. Almost Stumbled Into War with Russia

In light of current events in places like the Ukraine and Syria, the risk of America and Russia fighting a proxy war or even a real war is growing. Here are seven other times when U.S. troops lined up opposite Russian troops:

1. Russian and Americans shot each other in Korea

In the Korean War, U.S. pilots were officially flying against Chinese and Korean pilots, but they knew Soviets were in the mix. In 1952, the number of Soviet personnel in Korea had climbed to 26,000 counting both pilots and air defense soldiers.

Both sides hid the fact that the Soviets were involved so that neither country was forced into a larger war. American forces didn’t report hearing Russian voices on signal intercepts between Soviet fighters while the Russians put Chinese markings and uniforms on all of their forces.

WNU Editor: And there are probably a few cases/times that we do not know about (yet).