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Thanks Vasili......

Jawgap · 2012-10-27 11:53:39

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war If you were born before 27 October 1962, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov saved your life. It was the most dangerous day in history. An American spy plane had been shot down over Cuba while another U2 had got lost and strayed into Soviet airspace. As these dramas…

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Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

If you were born before 27 October 1962, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov saved your life. It was the most dangerous day in history. An American spy plane had been shot down over Cuba while another U2 had got lost and strayed into Soviet airspace. As these dramas ratcheted tensions beyond breaking point, an American destroyer, the USS Beale, began to drop depth charges on the B-59, a Soviet submarine armed with a nuclear weapon.

Think this incident was also the basis for Crimson Tide.

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#2 07-11-2012 9:41pm
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And this gentleman!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

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