Vasili Arkhipov
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Vasili Arkhipov
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#2the guardian wrote about his story: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-...
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#3This is another interesting story about a Russian who may have saved the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
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#4Vice Admiral is hardly "a guy", while I'm not sure he had this rank at the time of incedent.
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#5Vice Admiral is hardly "a guy", while I'm not sure he had this rank at the time of incedent.
he was a flotilla captain, 2nd in command of the boat, but in command of two others, according to the WP article.
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#6It's a lonely and sad thought that the biggest heroes whose immense sacrifices and contributions to the well being of everyone around them are celebrated by... the blissful ignorance of everyone else.
Except in movies. There, we get to see and experience it all.
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#7Great story, but not really tech related
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#8This is another interesting story about a Russian who may have saved the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
Yup in 1983. Thanks to both of them. Petrov is still alive, so you can send him a Hallmark card if you're over 30 and glad to be alive.
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#9This is another interesting story about a Russian who may have saved the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
There's a pretty extensive (if unrealistic) online alternative history around this incident: http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/1983:_Doomsday
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#10I was lucky enough to learn about this in high school - Andover. I forget the speakers name but he gave the speech between 2001 - 2005 (I can't remember). It was an incredible speech about Mutually Assured Destruction and how the theory was absurd. The speaker pointed out that no one thought that we would exit the Cold War without a horrible war. And then he asked, "Why did this not happen?" He pointed to Vasili's example as to how one SANE person can make a difference. He talked about several other examples. He ended the speech by repeating, "PEACE. PEACE. PEACE." At the moment I thought it was cheesy... but here I am more than 10 years later and I still remember it.