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> started with a "beheading strike" Wow, so given Petrov's response, this plan might have actually worked. Those clever generals. (Insert emoticon of me being
by mathgenius 9y ago
> started with a "beheading strike"
Wow, so given Petrov's response, this plan might have actually worked. Those clever generals. (Insert emoticon of me being horrified right now..)
- gozur88 9y agoIt's difficult to imagine Soviet SSBN commanders realizing their country had been nuked and thinking "If only my superior officer was around to give me the order to strike back!" There isn't really a workable first strike plan, and that's probably a good thing.