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On 26 September 1983, Stanislav Petrov, an engineer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, prevented an all out nuclear war. (stefanbohacek.online)

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On 26 September 1983, Stanislav Petrov, an engineer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, prevented an all out nuclear war.

"First, it was just one missile, but then another, and another, until the system reported that a total of five Minuteman ICBMs had been launched."

(Article from 2018) https://www.vox.com/2018/9/26/17905796/nuclear-war-1983-stanislav-petrov-soviet-union

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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Ah Stanislav! I have thought of his story many times. Inspiring

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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I thought about Stanislav when I watched Dr. Strangelove recently (as a tribute to James Earl Jones). How close we came, and how grateful we all should be to the level heads of this world.