26 Jan 06 Russian Colonel Who Averted Nuclear War Receives World Citizen Award
Retired Russian colonel Stanislav Petrov received a special World Citizen Award at a UN meeting in New York on Thursday. Petrov was honored as the “Man Who Averted Nuclear War”.
In a meeting held at the UN Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on Jan. 19, the Association of World Citizens (AWC) presented the retired officer with his award. … it was determined that sunlight reflecting off clouds in Montana had caused a faulty satellite computer assembly to report a missile launch flash.[.continue.]
Holy crap that was close!
Thank you Colonel Stranislav Petrov!
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