Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On Sept 26 1983, Petrov correctly identified a Soviet early-warning satellite system's report of incoming U.S. missiles as a false alarm, preventing a retaliatory strike by the Soviet Union that could have started a nuclear war
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