Russian Submarine Captain Stopped Cuban Missile Crisis from Destroying the World (nationalinterest.org) 34 points by pmoriarty 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] r3dneck 4y ago ↗ So it's time to call him back in service [–] credit_guy 4y ago ↗ Or rather, the question is whether the Russians have their version of General Milley [1].[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-t...
[–] credit_guy 4y ago ↗ Or rather, the question is whether the Russians have their version of General Milley [1].[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-t...
[–] 8bitsrule 4y ago ↗ In 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]
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[ 0.25 ms ] story [ 14.8 ms ] thread[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-t...
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov]