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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by solotronics on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:29PM (#30463081)
Thank God there are multiple real world examples of officers getting the order to fire a nuke and disobeying it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by DubiousPusher on Friday February 25, 2022 @01:16AM (#30464194)
That i not an example of subordinate disobedience in the face of a clear retaliatory order. From the article

> Unlike the other submarines in the flotilla, three officers on board B-59 had to agree unanimously to authorize a nuclear launch: Captain Savitsky, the political officer Ivan Semonovich Maslennikov, and the chief of staff of the flotilla (and executive officer of B-59) Arkhipov.

Arkhipov had authority to veto the order. What's more, the captain was assuming war had begun and had no order from above to attack.

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