the system as we have it has avoided using nukes for a long time. Sure it could have been luck, but that’s not the plausible explanation.
It was luck that Vasili Arkhipov was at the submarine when the two other officials wanted to launch nuclear weapons.
When that bomber crashed in the US and 3 of 4 mechanism that have to be activated for the nuclear weapon failed it was luck that not all four failed.
Petrov might have acted differently.
It was luck that Vasili Arkhipov was at the submarine when the two other officials wanted to launch nuclear weapons.
When that bomber crashed in the US and 3 of 4 mechanism that have to be activated for the nuclear weapon failed it was luck that not all four failed.
Petrov might have acted differently.