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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on September 18, 2017, 12:21:38 PM
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I was a sophomore in college at the time this crisis happened.
Soviet soldier credited with averting nuclear war dies
USA TODAY
John Bacon
3 hrs ago
A Soviet soldier credited with saving the world from nuclear holocaust has died at age 77.
Stanislav Petrov was the duty officer monitoring an early warning system from a bunker outside Moscow on Sept. 26, 1983, when the radar screen suddenly appeared to depict a missile inbound from the United States.
“All my subordinates were confused, so I started shouting orders at them to avoid panic," Petrov told the Russian news agency RT in 2010. "I knew my decision would have a lot of consequences."
The alert siren wailed. A message on the bunker's main screen reported that four more missiles had been launched, he said. Petrov had 15 minutes to determine whether the threat was real and report to his commanders.
“My cozy armchair felt like a red-hot frying pan and my legs went limp," he told RT. "I felt like I couldn't even stand up. That's how nervous I was."
The rest of the story, and a picture of Mr. Petrov in 2015, is at the link:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/soviet-soldier-credited-with-averting-nuclear-war-dies/ar-AAs8jOr?OCID=ansmsnnews11
One man really can save the world.
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I wonder if they were using Chinese electronics. :thatsright: