Soviet nuclear missile alert
Witness History
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The False Alarm
It was so test that i couldn't even stand up. Ultimately, any decision to launch would be down to the ailing soviet premier ury and ropof. It soon became clear that technology was simply not reliable enough to trust with such huge stakes. Human oversight was is crucial. And though he helped save the world, Stanislav petrof always maintained he was just doing his job.
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