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Russian Submarine Captain Stopped Cuban Missile Crisis from Destroying the World
- r3dneck 5y agoSo it's time to call him back in service
- credit_guy 5y agoOr rather, the question is whether the Russians have their version of General Milley [1]. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-trump-misusing-nuclear-weapons-war-china-book-n1279187 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-t...
- 8bitsrule 5y agoIn 1983 another Soviet officer, recognizing some bugs in the Oko early-warning missile detection system, disobeyed orders and saved the world. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov]