I raise you the world almost ending several times. First, actual launch orders for nuclear weapons that weren't carried out. [0][1] Bassett immediately ordere

I raise you the world almost ending several times. First, actual launch orders for nuclear weapons that weren't carried out. [0][1] Bassett immediately ordered the other launch officer, as Bordne remembers it, “to send two airmen over with weapons and shoot the [lieutenant] if he tries to launch without [either] verbal authorization from the ‘senior officer in the field’ or the upgrade to DEFCON 1 by Missile Operations Center.” [1] Followed by a myriad of false alarms on both sides too numerous to exhaustively list. [2][3][4] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov [1] http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826 http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar... [3] http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb371/ http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb371/ [4] http://nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/issues/accidents/20-mishaps-maybe-caused-nuclear-war.htm http://nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/issu...