2026-09-26 09:47 UTC
Happy Stanislav Petrov day!
Today marks 43 years since Petrov decided to wait for confirmation before escalating a missile alert up the chain of command in the Soviet Air Defense, preventing nuclear war.
A hero for not trusting automated systems fully.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident?wprov=sfti1
Replies (2)
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@PeachMcD@union.place 2026-09-26 13:07
@kralcttam@mastodon.social #AI will definitely fix that! Next time, KABOOOOM! 🤠
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@grb090423@mastodon.social 2026-09-26 11:24
@kralcttam@mastodon.social We watched a programme about this a while back and, honestly, Stanislav Petrov doesn't get anywhere _near_ enough credit for what he did... For saving the world.