Today, October 27th, is the 53rd anniversary of the day Vasili Arkhipov saved the world. I realize Petrov Day was only a month ago, and there was a post then. Although I appreciate our Petrov ceremony, I personally think Arkhipov had a larger counterfactual impact than Petrov, (since nukes might not have been launched even if Petrov hadn’t been on shift at the time) and so I’d like to remember Vasili Arkhipov as well.
Today, October 27th, is the 53rd anniversary of the day Vasili Arkhipov saved the world. I realize Petrov Day was only a month ago, and there was a post then. Although I appreciate our Petrov ceremony, I personally think Arkhipov had a larger counterfactual impact than Petrov, (since nukes might not have been launched even if Petrov hadn’t been on shift at the time) and so I’d like to remember Vasili Arkhipov as well.
Might need to add William Bassett.
http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826
Also, Arkhipov is just a cooler name. It’s hard to make a holiday directly before Halloween, though.