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.rockrnger t1_jd91u2w wrote
Reply to comment by Foreverbanevading 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
Yeah, they were installing 40 of them of which 5 were operational when they started removing them.
The soviets could build slbms but none of them were operational during crisis. I mean, which subs do you think were operating?
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