Russian Stanislav Petrov Saved the World on September 26, 1983

[EdwardS]

https://masterok.livejournal.com/3917027.html

this is a dubious revelation!

[Methuselah]

lol
This myth in Russia has long been exposed.

No offense, but there is something in your tap water guys. You believe in everything Europeans do not believe and vice versa.

[frdfgcg]

this is a dubious revelation!

Почитай комментарии к статье. В интернете есть ещё много информации.
Это система была экспериментальной и была лишь принята на боевое дежурство в 1985 году.
Сам Петров не решал начинать войну или нет, его задачей было доложить наверх о том, что показывает система.
В любом случае эту информацию проверяют по нескольким источникам и лишь потом принимают решения об ответном ударе.
https://topwar.ru/137572-chelovek-ko...m-oficere.html

[frdfgcg]

No offense, but there is something in your tap water guys. You believe in everything Europeans do not believe and vice versa.

Most people do not have critical thinking.
They believe what TV tells them.
You were told that he was a hero.
But is it so?
This officer could not make decisions about the retaliatory strike.
His task was to convey information to those who make such decisions.
What would happen if he gave this information?
Nothing.
Information about the retaliatory strike is taken on the basis of several sources.
All other sources showed that there was no attack.
It was just a system failure.
And there were several such cases. And from the Soviet side, and from the United States.
The usual working moment.
If one person made decisions about the beginning of the war, then long ago this world would not exist.

[Odin]

[Robocop]

Most people do not have critical thinking.
They believe what TV tells them.
You were told that he was a hero.
But is it so?
This officer could not make decisions about the retaliatory strike.
His task was to convey information to those who make such decisions.
What would happen if he gave this information?
Nothing.
Information about the retaliatory strike is taken on the basis of several sources.
All other sources showed that there was no attack.
It was just a system failure.
And there were several such cases. And from the Soviet side, and from the United States.
The usual working moment.
If one person made decisions about the beginning of the war, then long ago this world would not exist.

I see your point but still I don't agree with you about Petrov in this case, if he didnt do what he did, you and me maybe wouldn't write now, who knows.

P.S. It's like you have some grudge against Petrov or somethin lol, no offence man, I have critical thinking as well and it's not just what TV tells me, far from it, I research, and I know this was not an ordinary case of system failure as you mention in your point, it wasn't ordinary.