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Grek

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Happy Petrov Day!
« on: September 26, 2011, 02:10:39 pm »
Today, September 26th, is Petrov Day, named for Stanislav Petrov, an officer in the USSR who saved the world as we know it in 1983 by going against his orders to launch the USSR's nuclear weapons. Celebrate that the world did not die that day, and that men exist who can be trusted not to destroy the world for the sake of their orders.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 02:18:10 pm »
"Just following morals, sir!"
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 02:24:43 pm »
Well...not exactly. He didn't have the capacity to initiate a launch, nor was he ever ordered to. What he did was, when the new early warning system indicated five launches, he didn't immediately call up General Command and say "OMG TEH AMERIKANS DONE NOOK'D US!", because then the Soviet High Command probably *would* have issued an order to launch their nukes. Instead, he reported calmly that the system was reporting five detections, but that he believed it was a false alarm. (For one thing, he later commented that they had been instructed that a US attack would have involved most of the US arsenal, not five measly missiles.)

Still a hero though, for using his head and issuing a calm, rational report. A report of imminent attack would have forced the High Command to respond without any time for consideration, and likely would have triggered a nuclear response. Which would have triggered a US nuclear response. Which means most of us wouldn't be here. So well done, Colonel Petrov.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2011, 03:01:22 pm »
Man, I wish my name was Stanislav.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2011, 03:18:05 pm »
People would just call you Stan.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2011, 04:35:05 pm »
Nah, people would just call him Boris. It's always Boris.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 04:49:02 pm »
Quote from: Svarte Troner on September 26, 2011, 03:01:22 pm
Man, I wish my name was Stanislav.
Heh, I knew someone named Stanislav, everyone called him-
Quote from: kaijyuu on September 26, 2011, 03:18:05 pm
People would just call you Stan.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2011, 07:42:33 pm »
I think I might be following a trend here but I've always thought the Russians as a people were super cool. Here's to you Petrov, for taking the time out of your in your vodka swilling, bear wrestling manly competition to avert a nuclear war.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2011, 09:05:53 pm »
Quote from: scriver on September 26, 2011, 04:35:05 pm
Nah, people would just call him Boris. It's always Boris.

Damn straight, I'm Ukrainian not Russian! Russians were Ukrainian before they were Russian. Ok I'll stop.
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2011, 09:37:24 pm »
Thanks for not killing us in (in this universe at least).
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Re: Happy Petrov Day!
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2011, 08:44:05 am »
Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. All hail the greatest man who ever lived!
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