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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by sillysaurus3 on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:46AM (#15273842)
Ever hear of the bomb the US accidentally dropped on the mainland? When they recovered it, they discovered the bomb had armed itself and that all the safety mechanisms failed except one.
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by leeoniya on Monday September 18, 2017 @03:06AM (#15273900)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by SilverSlash on Monday September 18, 2017 @08:38AM (#15275289)
What the hell?! How many times are we going to be lucky before something goes very wrong. I hope they are a lot more careful now, and I mean all sides.
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by dbdr on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:15AM (#15282196)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1ya-yF35g
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Re:Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who averted nuclear wa... by ams6110 on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:28AM (#15275688)
That's why redundant systems are good. It worked as designed.
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