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.DeHavilland88 t1_jd6duzp wrote
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They didn't say exclusively during that time period. Probably referring to Stanislav Petrov if I had to guess.
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