Video The Soviet Navy Officer that Prevented Nuclear War | Vasily Arkhipov

[BeNder]

Surprised I did not see this man's name in the search box. If in the wrong thread I apologize. Interesting stuff here.

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[BeNder]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...-everyone-you-know-owe-your-life-to-this-man/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admiral)

 

[droopy]

Most of us would not even have been borne if those people failed.

 

[morris]

Surprised I did not see this man's name in the search box. If in the wrong thread I apologize. Interesting stuff here.

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He was not the only one.

William Bassett, an unknown U.S. Air Force Captain, saved humanity from accidental nuclear obliteration on October 28, 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis.

How One Air Force Captain Saved the World From Accidental Nuclear War 53 Years Ago Today

Fifty-three years ago during the Cuban missile crisis, U.S. Air Force Captain William Bassett may have saved humanity from accidental nuclear obliteration.

theintercept.com

Note that the day of the save was next one after the saving by Vasily Arkhipov!!!

Also Stanislav Petrov, the former Soviet military officer credited with singlehandedly averting a possible nuclear disaster during the Cold War Sept. 26, 1983.

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Petrov was the commanding officer on duty at a nuclear early warning facility in the early hours of Sept. 26, 1983, when his computers falsely identified several U.S. missiles headed toward Moscow.