Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: ????????´? ?????´????? ?????´?; born c. 1939) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On September 26, 1983, he was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile was being launched from the United States. Petrov judged the report to be a false alarm, and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United Stat
Born On: 7-Sep-1939
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