RIP Stanislav Petrow

Skybird · 09-14-17, 05:40 AM

It seems that just this September it became known that Stanislav Petrov already died on May 19th this year.

If you do not know the name - Ltn-Col Petrow is the reason why we all are still here today. On September 1983 he rated a general ICBM alarm of the Sovjet missile defence system as a technical failure instead of confirming to Moscow that it was an American all-out attack on the Sovjet Union. Therefore, a full scaled Sovjet nuclear retalation was cancelled. All this within just ten minutes.

If he would have trusted what his eyes saw on the monitors, on that day the world as we know it would have ended in a global thermonuclear war.

Make a mental note. You, me, we all owe to him, and its a shame that he lived lonely and forgotten in the past 20 years, and now had died unknown and unnoticed.

Its a dilemma, and it is tragic however. He saved the world, by being disobedient and thus proving the system as erratic, thus they did not present his case as an example for good soldiering. Good soldiers trust their senses and obey orders and follow trained procedures. He violated all that. As a soldier, he "failed". And by that saved the world. Sometimes, life sucks.

09-14-17, 05:40 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	RIP Stanislav Petrow It seems that just this September it became known that Stanislav Petrov already died on May 19th this year. If you do not know the name - Ltn-Col Petrow is the reason why we all are still here today. On September 1983 he rated a general ICBM alarm of the Sovjet missile defence system as a technical failure instead of confirming to Moscow that it was an American all-out attack on the Sovjet Union. Therefore, a full scaled Sovjet nuclear retalation was cancelled. All this within just ten minutes. If he would have trusted what his eyes saw on the monitors, on that day the world as we know it would have ended in a global thermonuclear war. Make a mental note. You, me, we all owe to him, and its a shame that he lived lonely and forgotten in the past 20 years, and now had died unknown and unnoticed. Its a dilemma, and it is tragic however. He saved the world, by being disobedient and thus proving the system as erratic, thus they did not present his case as an example for good soldiering. Good soldiers trust their senses and obey orders and follow trained procedures. He violated all that. As a soldier, he "failed". And by that saved the world. Sometimes, life sucks. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.