The Soviet officer who stopped World War III
Dec 04, 2019•5 min
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Episode description
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces, trusted his gut and averted a global nuclear catastrophe.
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