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Was there anyone on the US side that averted nuclear war like you hear about with the Soviet Union?

I saw the post about Vasili Arkhipov refusing to fire the nuclear torpedo and I also heard about Stanislav Petrov ignoring the early warning alarm for a nuclear missle launch. Both instances were on the Soviet Union side. It made me wonder if the US side had anything similar happen. However, I can't find any info of it happening on the US side.

Has it ever happened that we're aware of?

Posted Oct 27, 2017, 6:16 PM UTC

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