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Personally, I don't doubt that the crews would follow their training and orders. Now I wouldn't do it, but nobody is going to let me near that kind of position
by arethuza 5y ago
Personally, I don't doubt that the crews would follow their training and orders.
Now I wouldn't do it, but nobody is going to let me near that kind of position.
- gambiting 5y agoI don't know. We came extremely close to nuclear war several times, and each time it was people refusing to obey their training and follow orders that has saved us. Soviets had two notable examples: Submarine captain refusing to launch a nuclear torpedo despite clear orders to do so: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/you-and-almost-everyone-you-know-owe-your-life-to-this-man https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/you-and-a... And then one man has saved us all by refusing the launch nuclear strike on US despite Soviet satellites confirming multiple launches from US heading to CCCP. He decided to wait for radar confirmation first despite everyone above him(and next to him) approving the counterstrike. If he followed his training we'd all be dead now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar...