In other words, if your defense is “just following orders”, you’re in the wrong. Petrov, too, was strongly influenced to launch the nukes, and still refused… Like that Soviet submarine commander who, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, thought he was engaged with live depth charges by the US Navy.
In other words, if your defense is “just following orders”, you’re in the wrong. Petrov, too, was strongly influenced to launch the nukes, and still refused… Like that Soviet submarine commander who, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, thought he was engaged with live depth charges by the US Navy.