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The man who averted nuclear war

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September 28, 2017, 11:24 AM
RogB
The man who averted nuclear war
The thread on the Cuban missile crisis reminded me of this guy who just died recently. He probably saved our lives or at least the world as we know it today.

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...isaster-dies-aged-77


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September 28, 2017, 11:31 AM
MNSIG
Great story. Let's hope he has a counterpart in NK that uses his judgement and ignores the order.
September 28, 2017, 11:34 AM
Hound Dog
I thought this was about the Soviet sub commander during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I remember reading about the 1983 false alarm (I spent 13 years in the USAF missile warning community after the first Gulf War, so we discussed this incident).

RIP, Comrade.

Just goes to show there are good men and women on both sides of most conflicts. . .



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September 28, 2017, 12:07 PM
divil
Lt. Col Petrov's cool head probably saved the world as we know it. Where was his Nobel Peace Prize?
September 28, 2017, 12:22 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by divil:
Lt. Col Petrov's cool head probably saved the world as we know it. Where was his Nobel Peace Prize?


Shitcago.





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September 28, 2017, 02:35 PM
2BobTanner
The NATO Exercise ABLE ARCHER '83 in November 1983 was also another tense time with more malfunctions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83


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