Tue 26 Sep 2006
WWIII averted - 23 years ago today
Posted by Scott under Current Affairs , Did you know?... , Scott's Posts
I was a freshman in college 23 years ago today. I didn’t know until today that The Soviet Union almost launched a full-scale nuclear attack on the U.S.
Colonel Stanislav Petrov is a hero.
Here’s another link
Scott
from Slashdot
October 21st, 2006 at 7:01 pm
[…] For a similar person in a very similar situation, see also: Stanislav Petrov — Wikipedia (HT: The Fat Triplets) […]