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beburba t1_jd60c9i wrote

Reply to comment by Norwegian27 in Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224

Forgive my ignorance, who’s the other Russian that saved America during the Reagan years? What are you referring to?

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DeHavilland88 t1_jd6duzp wrote

They didn't say exclusively during that time period. Probably referring to Stanislav Petrov if I had to guess.

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born_on_mars_1957 t1_jd69cto wrote

That probably was Gorbachev… (“Mr Gorbachev, tear down that wall”!). Ronald Reagan

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