Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused.Foreverbanevading t1_jd8w8ka wrote
Reply to comment by rockrnger in Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224
Nonsense. The USSR had sub-launched ballistic missiles by 1950. They put 40 MRBMs in Cuba in 1962 in response to U.S. placement of Jupiter missiles in Turkey, all of them nuclear capable and many on mobile launchers. Stop this nonsense.
I’m starting to think this is disingenuous.
rockrnger t1_jd91u2w wrote
Yeah, they were installing 40 of them of which 5 were operational when they started removing them.
The soviets could build slbms but none of them were operational during crisis. I mean, which subs do you think were operating?
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