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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov Stanislav Petrov.] Was monitoring the Soviet radar systems that were supposed to warn of a US nuclear attack. He saw 4 missiles heading toward the USSR from America. His job was to report this to his superiors & let them decide what to do (almost certainly an all-out counterstrike). But he decided it didn't make any sense for the US to attack with only 4 missiles and logged it as a technical error. He was right. He gambled the future of the world on his own judgment (and against the orders and procedures he was supposed to follow). You, me, our loved ones, and the entire world owe him our lives.
* [[wikipedia:Stanislav Petrov|Stanislav Petrov.]] Was monitoring the Soviet radar systems that were supposed to warn of a US nuclear attack. He saw 4 missiles heading toward the USSR from America. His job was to report this to his superiors & let them decide what to do (almost certainly an all-out counterstrike). But he decided it didn't make any sense for the US to attack with only 4 missiles and logged it as a technical error. He was right. He gambled the future of the world on his own judgment (and against the orders and procedures he was supposed to follow). You, me, our loved ones, and the entire world owe him our lives.
** The alternate history [http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/1983:_Doomsday 1983: Doomsday] involves a world in where Petrov was not present to be right.
** The alternate history [http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/1983:_Doomsday 1983: Doomsday] involves a world in where Petrov was not present to be right.
** Tragically, Petrov was vilified for his decision. He was considered little better than a traitor to the USSR and lived out his life in disgrace. [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|That's the thanks you get for averting a balls-out nuclear war.]]
** Tragically, Petrov was vilified for his decision. He was considered little better than a traitor to the USSR and lived out his life in disgrace. [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|That's the thanks you get for averting a balls-out nuclear war.]]
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