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What if Stanislav Petrov had launched a USSR nuclear retaliation to the received reports of incoming US missiles, at the height of 1980s Cold War mutual mistrust?

What if Stanislav Petrov had launched a USSR…

Rupert Read
Feb 27, 2023

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What if Stanislav Petrov had launched a USSR nuclear retaliation to the received reports of incoming US missiles, at the height of 1980s Cold War mutual mistrust?

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