192 False Alarm

An episode of the The Weird History Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Streckert, titled "192 False Alarm" was published on April 11, 2019 and runs 14 minutes.

April 11, 2019 ·14m · The Weird History Podcast

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In 1983 a Soviet satellite system erroneously detected five incoming American nuclear missiles. Stanislav Petrov, the man tasked with reporting the alert to the USSR’s leadership, suddenly had a dire choice: He could do his duty and start a nuclear war, or ignore the report in hopes that it was a false alarm. He chose the latter, and in doing so saved the world.  

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