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Nuclear False Alarm
An alert of five incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles was properly identified as a false-positive by the Soviet Union operator Stanislov Petrov.
- Date it happened
- 1983-09-26
- Organisation involved
- Soviet Union
- Product, system or model
- Nuclear missile defence early warning system
Where this came from
- 9news.com.au
- telegraph.co.uk
- thevintagenews.com
- nytimes.com
- dailymail.co.uk
- thesun.co.uk
- russiamatters.org
- themoscowtimes.com
- medium.com
- usatoday.com
- economist.com
- 71republic.com
- pastemagazine.com
- theregister.co.uk
- forbes.com
- bbc.com
- latimes.com
- bbc.com
- theguardian.com
- businessinsider.com
- vox.com
- npr.org
- nationalreview.com
- ajc.com
- time.com
- home.bt.com
- en.wikipedia.org
Attribution
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