Unknown Hero of the Twentieth Century
On the night of September 25/26, 1983, USSR nuclear missle detection computers mistakenly announced an attack by the United States. Under these circumstances, the USSR was to launch a massive counterattack with all of its nuclear arsenal. It did not counterattack because Col. Stanislav Petrov did not order it. His judgement saved the world. Why isn’t September 25th "Stanislav Petrov Day"? He saved humanity from itself, in no small way…