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Originally Posted by Reece
Certainly an eye opener, amazing how it can boil down to a decision of just one man, and if that person was not of sound mind...
A good read Skybird. 
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+1 I still think about the book "October Fury" with the Cuban Missle Crisis and how close we came to shooting there.
Basically, the Soviet subs were armed with 1 nuke torp and they were authorised to use it

if they were attacked. They came very close to launching and the captain backed down at the last minute.