Date: 04/09/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: no keywords

Rarely we hear (outside movies and comics) of a man (or woman) who actually saved the world. Stanislov Petrov did by preventing a nuclear holocaust and third world war. Sirens blaring, warning lights flashing, computer screens showing nuclear missiles on their way, one man in charge of a red button labeled “START” - that’s start a retaliatory [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world/