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World History

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,634 posts) Tue Sep 26, 2023, 07:00 AM Sep 2023

On September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. [View all]

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• 1983 – Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.

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On September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

And that was just four weeks after KAL flight 007 shot down by the Soviets. Wednesdays Sep 2023 #1

During the time as a kid I was waiting for a mushroom cloud over Pittsburgh BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #2