Stanislav Petrov: Soviet Officer Who Averted Nuclear War Dies at Age 77
September 18th, 2017I’m amazed by how few people are aware of this incident. It makes for great dinner time conversation!
Via: Russia Today:
A Soviet officer who prevented a nuclear crisis between the US and the USSR and possible World War III in the 1980s has quietly passed away. He was 77. In 2010 RT spoke to Stanislav Petrov, who never considered himself a hero. We look at the life of the man who saved the world.
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