1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
On 26 September 1983, the nuclear early-warning system of the Soviet Union reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with four more missiles behind it, from bases in the United States. These missile attack warnings were suspected to be false alarms by Stanislav Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces on duty at the command center of the early-warning system. He decided to wait for corroborating evidence—of which none arrived—rather than immediately relaying the warning up the chain-of-command. This decision is seen as having prevented a retaliatory nuclear attack against the United States and its NATO allies, which would likely have resulted in an escalation to a full-scale nuclear war. Investigation of the satellite warning system later determined that the
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1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
On 26 September 1983, the nuclear early-warning system of the Soviet Union reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with four more missiles behind it, from bases in the United States. These missile attack warnings were suspected to be false alarms by Stanislav Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces on duty at the command center of the early-warning system. He decided to wait for corroborating evidence—of which none arrived—rather than immediately relaying the warning up the chain-of-command. This decision is seen as having prevented a retaliatory nuclear attack against the United States and its NATO allies, which would likely have resulted in an escalation to a full-scale nuclear war. Investigation of the satellite warning system later determined that the
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1983年9月26日，蘇聯的核子預警雷達偵測到多枚美國空軍的 ...... 級到一場全面的核戰爭。事後經調查確認衛星警報系統發生了故障。
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K falešnému raketovému poplach ...... ilo, že systém opravdu selhal.
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L'Incidente dell'equinozio d'a ...... confermò il malfunzionamento.
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La fausse alerte nucléaire sov ...... ntre l'URSS et les États-Unis.
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On 26 September 1983, the nucl ...... stem had indeed malfunctioned.
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Se conoce como incidente del e ...... atado de un fallo del sistema.
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Ложное срабатывание системы пр ...... полковника Станислава Петрова.
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1983年9月26日，蘇聯的核子預警雷達偵測到多枚美國空軍的 ...... 級到一場全面的核戰爭。事後經調查確認衛星警報系統發生了故障。
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K falešnému raketovému poplach ...... ilo, že systém opravdu selhal.
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L'Incidente dell'equinozio d'a ...... confermò il malfunzionamento.
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La fausse alerte nucléaire sov ...... ntre l'URSS et les États-Unis.
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On 26 September 1983, the nucl ...... tem later determined that the
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Se conoce como incidente del e ...... or satélite confirmó más tarde
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Ложное срабатывание системы пр ...... полковника Станислава Петрова.
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1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
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1983年苏联核警报误报事件
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Falešný raketový poplach 1983
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Fausse alerte nucléaire soviétique de 1983
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Incidente del equinoccio de otoño
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Incidente dell'equinozio d'autunno
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Ложное срабатывание системы предупреждения о ракетном нападении (1983)
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