Man who saved the planet from nuclear disaster ☢️
0It’s October 1962, the height of the Cuban missile crisis, and there’s a Soviet submarine in the Caribbean that’s been spotted by the American Navy. President Kennedy has blockaded Cuba. No sea traffic is permitted through.
The sub is hiding in the ocean, and the Americans are dropping depth charges left and right of the hull. Inside, the sub is rocking, shaking with each new explosion. What the Americans don’t know is that this sub has a tactical nuclear torpedo on board, available to launch, and that the Russian captain is asking himself, Shall I fire?
The commander of each submarine had permission to act without direct orders from Moscow if they believed they were under threat. The torpedo could only be fired if the submarine captain and political officer were in agreement. For the first time in life a commander of a submarine had a nuclear weapon and had the authority to fire the missile at his command.
All three senior commanders had to agree for the missile to fire, and Arkhipov dissented, preventing a nuclear exchange and potentially preventing the end of the world.
The world owes an enormous debt to Arkhipov who probably saved my life. And yours. And everyone you know. Even those of you who weren’t yet born.
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