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17h 46min, oct 16, 1983 y - Reagan invades Grenada - 7k strong invasion force

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feared Grenada would become Communist.

Grenada had a military coup led by the leftist Coard faction. No hint at a pro-Soviet or Cuban regime.
USSR saw it as imperialism and ordered negotiators out of the Geneva arms control talks.
UK was mad US didn't consult them over action to a former colony.

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17h 46min, oct 16, 1983 y
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~ 41 years ago