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Stanislav Petrov Prevents Nuclear Catastrophe
Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet Air Force officer, was responsible for evaluating a crucial alert of an incoming nuclear missile perceived as an American attack. On September 26, 1983, Petrov was on duty at a Soviet command center when a computer system indicated that the United States had launched a nuclear strike. Faced with conflicting data and his instinctive judgment, he decided to report the incident as a system malfunction rather than an actual attack, averting a potential nuclear war. His decision was based on his skepticism of the reliability of the alarm and his awareness of the geopolitical context.
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