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The Machine That Nearly Started World War III

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The Machine That Nearly Started World War III

On 26 September 1983, a Soviet warning system reported incoming American missiles. One officer had minutes to judge whether the alarm was real.

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  1. A dangerous year
  2. Satellites watch the horizon
  3. Serpukhov-15
  4. Launch
  5. Five missiles
  6. A human challenges the screen
  7. Sunlight and clouds
  8. Able Archer
  9. Neither hero myth nor machine myth
  10. When systems advise power

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