http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826
Fascinating/Horrifying (choose your poison) story of where Nuclear War was (possibly, the story is being validated with a Freedom of Information act request) narrowly averted.
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A bit short but interesting, wouldnât mind some more info on where things went wrong. Highly anticipating the epic two hour summer block movie by Michael Bay.
Iâm already picturing Tom Hanks saying the lines
ââŠsend two airmen over with weapons and shoot the [lieutenant] if he tries to launch without [either] verbal authorization from the âsenior officer in the fieldâ or the upgrade to DEFCON 1 by Missile Operations Center.â
âŠwith a sweating Matt Damon hovering his finger over the buttonâŠ
The addendum was pretty interesting, in that they debated whether to run with the story until it had been more verified, and then a journalist researcher chirps in with a few more stories like it, like âoh yeah, it probably happened - pretty common! (shrugs)â. Eek.
I like these kinds of stories were you see humanity in a inhumane system. I recently watched âThe Man Who Saved the Worldâ, which deals with the famous Russian early warning incident and Stanislav Petrov, who stopped the catastrophe from happening.
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