Claims of Petrov preventing an "atomic war" are debatable. There were probably other checks built into the Soviet protocol and chain of command that would have

Claims of Petrov preventing an "atomic war" are debatable. There were probably other checks built into the Soviet protocol and chain of command that would have easily detected the false positive. https://www.quora.com/How-close-did-we-come-to-a-nuclear-war-in-1983/answer/Thierry-Etienne-Joseph-Rotty-2 https://www.quora.com/How-close-did-we-come-to-a-nuclear-war...