Talk:Operation Giant Lance

Dates are wrong

The fact that Nixon ordered the B-52's up was certainly known before the 2000s. I remember it being widely discussed in articles about DEFCON in the 1990s. For instance, this book from 1990 clearly talks about the event. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:33, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Editing article

I am currently editing the entire article with newfound and properly referenced information for my university course. At the moment, I am experience excessive issues trying to edit, cite sources, and insert templates due to my lack of knowledge with code. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lche0142 (talk • contribs) 15:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Edited article

I've finished editing and adding my information on top of the previous contributor. I've done this as apart of my university assignment. I have kept what was valuable as well as fixed some technical template issues (ie. unlinking infoboxes, references and the introductory descriptions). I have also made adjustments by ridding of broken links, sourceless statements and a few other small changes. I've editted some more information into the infobox, attached a declassified document image and added a 2000 word equivalent in regards to four major content blocks (Background [State of the Vietnam war, Preparation], Purpose, Madman theory, Implications [Giant Lance's success, Social perception to nuclear warfare]).

If there are any errors or questions please contact me before making any major changes, as the content has yet to be marked for my university assignment. Many thanks everyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lche0142 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

• Edit: I also need to mention that the language here and dates may be confusing, this is because I'm Australian so dates go by Day/Month/Year and there are slight spelling differences in the language. I've kept it this way for the purpose of my assignment being marked by my institution, I may come back to change this afterwards to fit the Wikipedia standard after marking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lche0142 (talk • contribs) 04:35, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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Oppose deletion of the file. It is relevant to the article and of interest. Bobkustofawitshz (talk) 00:41, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

The phrase "glacier caps around Moscow"

The phrase seems odd, as the climate of Moscow seems warmer than would be compatible with glaciers. (In summertime there are months where it's above the freezing point of water - even the record low shows that.) It also seems to be based on a single source. Maybe it's based on a cliché that Russia is cold everywhere.

Looking at , List of glaciers in Russia and List_of_glaciers_in_Europe#Russia, it seems that few, if any, glaciers are near Moscow. though I'm not an expert on Russian geography. Autarch (talk) 17:26, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Needs Rewrite

This article is verbose, repetitive and riddled with errors. It reads almost like a cut & paste from various sources, with little discernible organization and English phrased like it was written by a foreigner. I think a rewrite is in order. I wasn’t aware Richard Nixon was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis... Bobkustofawitshz (talk) 00:51, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

I strongly agree. This article should be reverted to an earlier, simpler version. CitizenEd (talk) 22:18, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

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