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.finnjakefionnacake t1_jd6egvo wrote
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I'd always heard about this story, but never actually saw the person responsible.
Damn.
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