September 26, 1983
The Midnight Glitch at Serpukhov-Fifteen
The false nuclear alarm averted by Stanislav Petrov on September 26, 1983
Just past midnight in an underground Soviet bunker, an automated early warning system reported five American nuclear missiles speeding toward Moscow. Did the fate of civilization hang on rigid launch protocol, or on an unscheduled duty officer daring to trust his gut over a machine?
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