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Russian officer who prevented nuclear disaster in 1983
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/russian-officer-prevented-nuclear-disaster-1983-170928031911163.html
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Date Written: 28/09/2017
Year Published: 2017
Resource Type: Article
Stanislav Petrov single handedly prevented the nuclear destruction of the United States and the USSR, and only a handful of Communist leaders knew about the apocalypse he averted.
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Excerpt: It was 15 minutes after midnight when the sirens at the Champignon on that September night went on.
"One, two, five rockets. When there is more than two, the computer called it a nuclear missile attack," Petrov recalled.
He had to confirm the attack on the phone and push the red panic button that would trigger alarms throughout Soviet missile installations.
Tens of thousands of military officers and soldiers would have to get ready and target their missiles and wait for a command from Andropov.
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