9/26: Staislav Petrov Day
Sep. 26th, 2008 07:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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mylescorcoran
"It's September 26th again and I'm remembering Stanislav Petrov
, the Soviet Air Force lieutenant colonel who decided a missile attack registered by Soviet satellites on this day in 1983 was a false alarm and at risk to his career chose not to start a nuclear war.
Thank you Colonel Petrov."
Indeed. In my own minor tribute I named a ship in my Star Trek campaign after him.
mylescorcoran "It's September 26th again and I'm remembering Stanislav Petrov
, the Soviet Air Force lieutenant colonel who decided a missile attack registered by Soviet satellites on this day in 1983 was a false alarm and at risk to his career chose not to start a nuclear war. Thank you Colonel Petrov."
Indeed. In my own minor tribute I named a ship in my Star Trek campaign after him.
