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The Day the World Almost Ended: Episode 1— The Soviet Officers Who Defied the Machines
A special look at episode 1 of Mike Baker's PDB special subscriber only series: On September 26th, 1983, the world came closer to nuclear war than most people ever realized. Inside a secret Soviet bunker, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov faced a terrifying choice: trust the computers that screamed U.S. missiles were on the way—or trust his gut. Protocol said one phone call could unleash thousands of Soviet warheads and end civilization in less than an hour.This is the story of how one man’s decision in the middle of the night may have saved humanity.In this first episode of PDB’s The Day…
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