Comments by "King Ace" (@kingace6186) on "The Infographics Show"
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Surprising to know that events like this are far more common to know about.
1) Of course, there is that famous instance during the Cuban Missile Crisis when a Soviet submarine (B-59) thought that WW3 was already underway. But Brigade Chief of Staff, Vasili Arkhipov, refused to launch since he taught there wasn't enough information on the situation to assume the worst.
2) Then, there is the lesser-known '1983 Soviet nuclear false-alarm incident' in which Lieutenant Colonel, Stanislav Petrov, played a key role in preventing nuclear armageddon. As an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, LTC. Petrov was the duty officer stationed at the Oko early warning systems when the system reported a nuke had been launched from the United States at the Soviet Union -- followed by ~5 more. This was 3 weeks after the USSR shot-down civilian, commercial Korean Airlines Flight 007 so it was considered plausible that the West could have indeed launched in retaliation. But Stanislav Petrov reasoned that the US couldn't have started WW3 over a Soviet mistake, so instead of reporting that an attack was imminent, he reported that a false alarm occurred. Following an investigation, it was discovered that Petrov was right, and the system had indeed malfunctioned.
3) All the several other close calls -- from system malfunctions to unscheduled drills -- both the USSR and US's STRATCOM had to deal with due to hair-trigger readiness protocol.
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I often think about this Yes, America has the most technologically-advanced and economically-financed ballistics in the world. Yes, Russia has an aging, barely-maintained nuclear arsenal that has been seriously degrading due to strategic, international sanctions. However, in my practical opinion, while, at the best very best, the US could knock out 90% of incoming warheads, maybe around 10% would probably hit the target.
And all that is factoring in Russian missiles, not Chinese nuclear capability. China has a more advanced, difficult-to-intercept, & precise arsenal -- but, fortunately, China has long since promised only to use its warheads for second-strike purposes.
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