In 1962, amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis, a single vote among three Soviet officers aboard a nuclear submarine stopped a nuclear war between the US and USSR from breaking out. The lone “no” vote was from Senior Vice Admiral Vasily Arkhipov.
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In 1962, amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis, a single vote among three Soviet officers aboard a nuclear submarine stopped a nuclear war between the US and USSR from breaking out. The lone “no” vote was from Senior Vice Admiral Vasily Arkhipov.