Horatius Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I forgot all about this but it is really intriguing.Interesting to speculate what would have happened if Petrov had actually taken this as a genuine attack and Andropov had been informed. http://www.brightstarsound.com/ Good interview here http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2004-17-23 . Not Roman history but history nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I feel that is some propaganda here. They do not mention what Petrov did there. It was an early warning center but it was one of many that doublechecked each other. He definetly did not have authority and codes to launch an attack. The russian federation point of view it's well put. Anyway this quote is absolutely precious: "In testing the microphone for his weekly radio address Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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