[Brazelton] Stanislav Petrov

[mikerc]

For those that don't recognise the name he was the Russian officer in charge of the nuclear early warning system when it "detected" an American launch on Russia. If it wasn't for him refusing to pass that information on because he realised it was a system malfunction there would have almost certainly have been a nuclear war between the US & the USSR back in 1983.

Every single person alive today quite possibly owes their lives to this man. Hell of an epitaph.

 

[Dave]

Yeah, he's the hero nobody knows about.

 

[GasBandit]

It had 5 false positives in a row. You gotta imagine by that 5th "AMERIKANSKI LAUNCHOVICH DETYECTED" his ass had to have puckered up tighter than a snare drum.

 

[Yoshimickster]

Man was a hero with a name that reminds me of Ice King, may he rest in peace.

 

[PatrThom]

--Patrick