Russia’s Man ‘Who Saved World’

Finian Cunningham- 55 years ago saw the most dangerous moment in the Cold War when the world was brought to the brink of nuclear destruction, only to be averted by the brave actions of Vasily Arkhipov

Fifty-eight years ago this week saw the most dangerous moment in the Cold War when the world was brought to the brink of nuclear destruction, only to be averted by the brave actions of Russian naval commander Vasily Arkhipov.

As part of a flotilla of four Soviet submarines, Commodore Arkhipov over-ruled the firing of nuclear torpedoes at an attacking American fleet. If that had happened it would have triggered an all-out nuclear war with the United States.

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