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Today is Arkhipov Day (In honor of Vasili Arkhipov)
« on: October 27, 2020, 02:43:18 AM »
During the Cuban missile crisis, he refused to authorize the launch of a nuclear torpedo against a US Navy
ship from the submarine he was on, an action which in all likelihood would have caused a nuclear war.
Read more about it (and some US Cold War hypocrisy) here:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Arkhipov-Day-Celebrate-the-Man-Who-Saved-the-World-20141025-0018.html

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
« Last Edit: October 27, 2020, 02:50:59 AM by Randomex »
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