Soviet nuclear missile alert
Witness History
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This is the story of one man who helped avert a nuclear war. Sursa abisne rabosiin it was an ordinary day. I wasn't meant to be on duty. Yes, i was just standing in for a collin. On the 20 sixth of september 19 83, lieutenant colonel stanislav petroff began his shift as the duty officer in charge of serbakov 15,. The soviet unions missile defense system falsely warned that the united states had launched ballistic missiles towards russia.
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