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The Man Who Literally Saved the World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the close-calls dept.

99luftballon writes "Today is an important anniversary for Russian hero Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet missile commander who saved the world from nuclear destruction in 1983. Sadly there are plenty of other examples of this kind of thing. How long will we keep getting lucky?"

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  1. In Soviet Russia Petrov saves you? by GrumpySimon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    (sorry)

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  2. Re:Why Only U.S. & Russia? by TrippTDF · · Score: 1, Redundant

    let's think for a second... Russia has about 20,000 nukes. 20,000. They are a politically unstable nation (or have been).

    Are you going to tell me they can account for every single one of those, and that none of them managed to wind up in... let's say another communist nation? Such as... North Korea?

  3. In Soviet Russia.... by Blurp123456789 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    War Games play YOU!