Rip Mate, We Should All Be Grateful To This Guy

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41314948

[Togo]

You are not wrong there TTT. "Satellites identified sunlight reflecting off, clouds as intercontinental ballistic missile engines". Strewth.

[Togo]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-former-soviet-officer-who-trusted-his-gut-%E2%80%94-and-averted-a-global-nuclear-catastrophe/ar-AAs9Gyy?li=BBoPWjQ

[ToraToraTora]

it does actually underline the premise at the start of the film Wargames, ie humans are very reluctant to actually "push the button" - at least not without some sort of verification.

[Old_Geezer]

Quite. It seems the guy's a hero for not passing on information that he was supposed to pass on. Underlines that one must follow one's own conscience rather than slavishly following the rules.

[jim360]

I did wonder if this story would make the AB pages. Yes, we all owe a lot to him, and to anyone else who could have destroyed the world but had the good sense not to.

[jourdain2]

Must have been the most awful moment for him when he decided to rely on his judgement. Well done that man and definitely R.I.P..