“Petrov did not report the incoming strike. He and others on his staff concluded that what they were seeing was a false alarm. And it was; the system mistook the sun’s reflection off clouds for a missile.” 36 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war. (Sure, but what have you done for us lately?)

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