September 26, 1983 could have been a very bad day, but thanks to a Soviet soldier who chose to do nothing, it wasn’t:
1983: A Soviet ballistics officer draws the right conclusion — that a satellite report indicating incoming U.S. nuclear missiles is, in fact, a false alarm — thereby averting a potential nuclear holocaust.
Read the whole very interesting article from Wired Magazine.
About R.P. Nettelhorst
I'm married with three daughters. I live in southern California and I'm the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church. I have written several books.
I spent a couple of summers while I was in college working on a kibbutz in Israel.
In 2004, I was a volunteer with the Ansari X-Prize at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne.
Member of
Society of Biblical Literature,
American Academy of Religion, and
The Authors Guild