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Russia’s Stanislav Petrov saved world from nuclear war
- rrggrr 11y agoThis story is often posted but never often enough. The incident illustrates why there is no "right" to nuclear weapons on the basis of fairness, sovereignty or deterrence - contrary to the zealous cries of recent and aspiring members of the nuclear club. This near global catastrophe is also a reminder that government policy is often tragically imperfect, and that one stubborn independently minded bureaucrat is often the only check and balance available. For anyone interested in the many similar incidents in the US, there is this sobering book, Command and Control, Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident...: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C5R7F8G/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C5R7F8G/ref=oh_aui_sear...
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