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Stanislav Petrov
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- 141 years on, Stanislav Petrov remembered for averting nuclear war●41 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war
On September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov judged a report of incoming American missiles to be a false alarm, a decision widely credited with preventing a nuclear exchange. The anniversary of his calm judgement is being marked again, with renewed discussion of his role and how close the Cold War world came to catastrophe.