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Humanity's luckiest day.

Old 09-20-2017, 09:03 AM
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On Sept.26 1983 a tragedy was avoided due to one Russian officer remembering U.S. launch protocol his name was Stanislav Petrov. who past away this past May.
Sept.9 1939-May 19 2017





Been a while since I've been in here so I figured I'd start back with this .
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The man who saved the world.
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It's ironic that the movie Threads came out in 1984 and still yet no one except those involved knew how close humanity had come to facing a stark reality.
For those who haven't seen Threads it's on vimeo.




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Those were scary times.
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