Stanislav Petrov has died

[Laika]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was worth sharing here. You probably don't know about him but Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who prevented a nuclear crisis between the US and the USSR and possible World War III in 1983 as the result of a false alarm has quietly passed away. He was 77.

'I was just doing my job': Soviet officer who averted nuclear war dies at age 77

The Trailer below is for a Danish Documentary film "The Man Who Saved the World" in 2014 . Its maybe a bit over the top but still a nice clip.

Any Thoughts?

 

[Father Heathen]

I've read about this guy a while back. Good thing he kept calm and collected, and probably deserved more recognition than he got.

 

[Magus]

Who

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was worth sharing here. You probably don't know about him but Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who prevented a nuclear crisis between the US and the USSR and possible World War III in 1983 as the result of a false alarm has quietly passed away. He was 77.

'I was just doing my job': Soviet officer who averted nuclear war dies at age 77

The Trailer below is for a Danish Documentary film "The Man Who Saved the World" in 2014 . Its maybe a bit over the top but still a nice clip.

Any Thoughts?

He's an unsung hero. If he hadn't acted as he did and kept his head we might not be here to appreciate this.

 

[Father Heathen]

Who

The OP provided a link and a video, or was your question rhetorical? If the latter, why do you consider him non-notable?

 

[Brickjectivity]

I was in third grade when that happened! My brother was born that year. We would have been fried.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

From Wikipedia ...

Petrov underwent intense questioning by his superiors about his judgment. Initially, he was praised for his decision.[4] General Yury Votintsev, then commander of the Soviet Air Defense's Missile Defense Units, who was the first to hear Petrov's report of the incident (and the first to reveal it to the public in the 1990s), states that Petrov's "correct actions" were "duly noted".[4] Petrov himself states he was initially praised by Votintsev and promised a reward,[4][11] but recalls that he was also reprimanded for improper filing of paperwork because he had not described the incident in the war diary.[11][12]

He received no reward. According to Petrov, this was because the incident and other bugs found in the missile detection system embarrassed his superiors and the influential scientists who were responsible for it, so that if he had been officially rewarded, they would have had to be punished.[4][7][11][12] He was reassigned to a less sensitive post,[12] took early retirement (although he emphasizes that he was not "forced out" of the army, as it is sometimes claimed by Western sources),[11] and suffered a nervous breakdown.[12]
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We get the impression of a thoughtful and courageous man operating in a State that was neither.

 

[sun rise]

He along with the earlier Cuban Missile Crisis almost WWIII savior, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, are worth honoring.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was worth sharing here. You probably don't know about him but Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who prevented a nuclear crisis between the US and the USSR and possible World War III in 1983 as the result of a false alarm has quietly passed away. He was 77.

'I was just doing my job': Soviet officer who averted nuclear war dies at age 77

The Trailer below is for a Danish Documentary film "The Man Who Saved the World" in 2014 . Its maybe a bit over the top but still a nice clip.

Any Thoughts?

I feel for anybody who's died that has a good heart and conscience. I do think it's a little heavy on the credit though. I think it takes more than one person to be instrumental in averting something like nuclear war.

All the same I'm sure he was good to have around during that time.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I think it takes more than one person to be instrumental in averting something like nuclear war.

But arguably only one indifferent person to enable it.