Reposted by LindaB
43 years ago, on the 26th of September 1983, the Soviet nuclear early warning system reported a missile launch from the United States. Russian lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov judged the warning to be a false alarm and disobeyed military protocol, preventing a retaliatory attack. #otd 🗃️
![1. Be wary of corrupt misuse of power.
2. Have faith in US Constitution, however frail.
[My paraphrase]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wesv6edkmxgosnymf3qrnamd/bafkreieiqfzcxrx7rxpw7tn77kfvuq6csraibqgpgoq4zofzvv4pohrwxq)
