In 1983, Stanislav Petrov resisted pushing the missle launch button in the face of an incoming attack (which later turned out to be false). In the 50 years of the Cold War, it's amazing that we didn't destroy ourselves, accidentally or otherwise.
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov resisted pushing the missle launch button in the face of an incoming attack (which later turned out to be false). In the 50 years of the Cold War, it's amazing that we didn't destroy ourselves, accidentally or otherwise.
This entry was published in March 2005.
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