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Luck and Stanislav Petrov, amongst other reasons. Which is utterly terrifying. I still find it amazing that Stanislav Petrov was fired from his job a few days
by escapologybb 9y ago
Luck and Stanislav Petrov, amongst other reasons. Which is utterly terrifying. I still find it amazing that Stanislav Petrov was fired from his job a few days after averting nuclear Armageddon, I think he was chiefly because he didn't follow protocol. Even though his actions prevented Thermonuclear war.
I also don't imagine there was much of a Unfair Dismissals Tribunal type arrangement for nuclear weapons officers in the USSR.
ETA: DragonDictate can't spell thermonuclear
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y ago> I still find it amazing that Stanislav Petrov was fired from his job... If he were promoted he might have spoken about the faulty system to the wrong pointy haired boss. This is speculation, but Russian Christians have a strong sense of sacrifice, and sacrificing your career for saving the world may seem appropriate somehow.