How One Man Stopped World War 3 In 1983

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июн 2021
  • On September 26, 1983, life on planet Earth almost came to an end in a Nuclear war. World War 3. One man, Stanislav Petrov prevented this outcome. This is the story of how it happened.
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  • @SamSam-ir7ux
    @SamSam-ir7ux 2 года назад +3222

    Stanislav petrov getting the respect he deserves

    • @quartarkpersonal
      @quartarkpersonal 2 года назад +2

      Ye

    • @adilator
      @adilator 2 года назад +25

      He deserved* (rip)

    • @davidmiles329
      @davidmiles329 2 года назад +71

      no. Stanislav was completely forgotten by his own country. His last years he lived in awful poverty, alone. So no, video on the internet(nice one tho) is not what he deserved. I am from Russia btw, I know what I am talking about.

    • @webdev10000hours
      @webdev10000hours 2 года назад +2

      😔😔, just a Robin Hood religious man?

    • @webdev10000hours
      @webdev10000hours 2 года назад

      Can't please em all

  • @jermsbestfriend9296
    @jermsbestfriend9296 2 года назад +2176

    No matter how many times I've heard this story, I'm so proud of this guy.

  • @jaytc3218
    @jaytc3218 2 года назад +906

    RIP Lt. Stanislav Petrov. Saying “Thank you” is not enough. All of us (literally all of us) are here today because of you.

    • @reconx86
      @reconx86 2 года назад +2

      Yh and what a lot of good that did, lol...

    • @MRJMXHD
      @MRJMXHD 2 года назад +4

      @@reconx86 ???

    • @huskiehuskerson5300
      @huskiehuskerson5300 2 года назад +1

      @@reconx86 ikr

    • @armyofninjas9055
      @armyofninjas9055 2 года назад +2

      Not literally ALL. There would be survivors. Congress are like cockroaches.

    • @millennium677
      @millennium677 2 года назад +8

      he wasn't the only one though, there were others that prevented nuclear war aswell

  • @thehs5945
    @thehs5945 2 года назад +512

    He did not save the world by doing “nothing”. He did it by thinking critically at a pivotal moment, and having tremendous amount of courage. Can you imagine being in his shoes at that point? Thank you Petrov!

    • @korrblank1361
      @korrblank1361 Год назад +4

      Thanks to him the alien that tried to eliminate all life on earth is dead.

    • @beliallordoflies7121
      @beliallordoflies7121 Год назад +1

      I would estimate 99% of same would wouldn't push the button

    • @beliallordoflies7121
      @beliallordoflies7121 Год назад +5

      Sane people

    • @Dan16673
      @Dan16673 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@beliallordoflies7121o rly?

    • @bdleo300
      @bdleo300 9 месяцев назад

      I would definitely inform my superiors, let them (and God) decide. Do your duty. What if he was wrong? No American officer would do this, or Israeli, or Chinese or anyone, only 'evil Ruskies'.

  • @gijscornelissendebeer7361
    @gijscornelissendebeer7361 2 года назад +1301

    Petrov coming home after this workday: 'And? Quiet day at the office?' 'Ah, you know. Pressing a few buttons, looking at a screen, saving the world, I hope you like potatoes!'

  • @DanielJaegerFilms
    @DanielJaegerFilms 2 года назад +2000

    Wow I bet those 25 minutes felt more like 25 hours.

    • @dahleno2014
      @dahleno2014 2 года назад +8

      Probably more like 1 hour

    • @chltmdwp
      @chltmdwp 2 года назад

      that's impossible.

    • @komokaziboschetti
      @komokaziboschetti 2 года назад +20

      @Stellvia Hoenheim Says Stellvia Hoenheim

    • @masternobody1896
      @masternobody1896 2 года назад +2

      i wish we had world war 3 our fight would be legendary and we will get respect for dying on a fight

    • @spungbopscarepans
      @spungbopscarepans 2 года назад

      100 years

  • @boopers8758
    @boopers8758 2 года назад +268

    This man literally saved humanity. There should be statues of him all across the world.

    • @matthewtilley7175
      @matthewtilley7175 10 месяцев назад

      Never will. That would take admitting that this modern society is built on a psychotic premise. That we as humans have come to the point of being so hateful and tribal we would rather see the world end than not the be ones who "won"

    • @emhu2594
      @emhu2594 9 месяцев назад +6

      Humanity has been saved from annihilation so many times (Cuban missile crisis is just another example), it is time for humanity to just end honestly.

    • @user-bn3vj9yk6k
      @user-bn3vj9yk6k 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@emhu2594nah we’re gonna stay till we can’t no more. We’re built different.

    • @leedex
      @leedex 9 месяцев назад

      LMAO. Plenty of safe places after a WW3 with nukes.

    • @theGoogol
      @theGoogol 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@leedex : And you're just gonna buy an airplane ticket to go to those places, eh?

  • @santiagobenavides2910
    @santiagobenavides2910 2 года назад +163

    "Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something"
    Winnie the Pooh-

  • @ISAACThBro
    @ISAACThBro 2 года назад +288

    Petrov deserves an international holiday, he's a true hero 😭👍

    • @VeganRashad
      @VeganRashad 2 года назад +19

      He needs a Nobel Peace Prize!

    • @Space_Rebel
      @Space_Rebel 2 года назад +12

      He’s a hero who saved hundreds of millions of people. Yes. A world holiday and to teach people in schools about him and that day too.

    • @LexlutherVII
      @LexlutherVII 2 года назад +9

      "SMH "sadly we are living in an era where people who deserve respect have none and those who don't deserve a single penny of respect have respect and are highlighted 24/7 for nothing/😑

    • @kevinsalmador739
      @kevinsalmador739 2 года назад +2

      A lost holiday 😭

    • @roku_nine
      @roku_nine 2 месяца назад

      @@VeganRashad truly deserving

  • @killian9314
    @killian9314 2 года назад +385

    "You don't start a war with just 5 rockets"
    - Stanislav Petrov

    • @michaelfuchs1467
      @michaelfuchs1467 2 года назад +20

      You typically could start a nuclear war with ONE missile, carrying an ERW (Enhanced Radiation Warhead) which after detonation in the stratosphere creates a NEMP (Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse) which damages all electronics and power lines, which are not specially shielded, over a vast area - effectively blinding and confusing the target before the main strike which can come much later. Therefore, one single rocket launch can very well be acted upon with a full scale retaliatory strike.
      Google 'Black Brant Scare 95' and you'll see what is considered to be the closest call ever to a WWIII scenario. And pay special attention to that this happened long after 'the cold war' was considered to 'be over'.

    • @hunterhussain809
      @hunterhussain809 2 года назад +1

      @@michaelfuchs1467 highschool of the dead??
      Anyone?

    • @ASLUHLUHCE
      @ASLUHLUHCE 2 года назад +19

      America: Write that down! Write that down!

    • @killian9314
      @killian9314 2 года назад

      @TEE PERO what the fuck does that have to do with My comment?

    • @francesbernard2445
      @francesbernard2445 Год назад

      And you don't end a war by glorifying the numbers of soldiers who are giving their lives around all of the rockets that they are being expected to fire on a constant basis while their leaders while always bribing bribing bribing as usual are always busy working 'just as hard' while continually vilifying the other side of the world as being with far less moral standing. Because stuff happens while doing so. While at the same time the Dali Lama whom some people out east are making the mistake of worshipping while he is being expected to shoulder too many decision making tasks goes down worrying himself sick on his couch while more and more not knowing what to do about it all.

  • @CJ-D-GOAT
    @CJ-D-GOAT 2 года назад +97

    Stansilav Petrov was, is, and will always be the world's greatest hero. God bless.

    • @tionbai6087
      @tionbai6087 Год назад +3

      Jesus Christ was, is, and will always be the world's greatest hero. God bless. He died in our place so we would all have eternal life.

    • @colincoyne7199
      @colincoyne7199 Год назад +3

      @@tionbai6087 oh, thank you! I was so nervous someone was going to go another 9 months in the comment section about an unknown person who actually saved us from living in a nuclear fallout without being corrected about Jesus. Thank you for your service 🙄

    • @tionbai6087
      @tionbai6087 Год назад

      @@colincoyne7199 God bless you 😀❤️🙏

  • @sharinganofthewest6367
    @sharinganofthewest6367 9 месяцев назад +25

    Have you heard of Vasili Arkhipov? He did the same thing, years earlier, during the Cuban missile crisis. He was in a submarine that had lost connection to the outside world, and didn’t know if there had been a strike or not, and decided not to do anything

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever 2 года назад +573

    He's not the only one. There's also Vasily Arkhipov, for example.

    • @consciousengineering4399
      @consciousengineering4399 2 года назад +13

      Yes absolutely right

    • @MM-zw8sm
      @MM-zw8sm 2 года назад +49

      Yes, i guess the guy in the Soviet sub.

    • @vexageedits6995
      @vexageedits6995 2 года назад +1

      @@MM-zw8sm I remember watching a vid about that

    • @JustinLee-jm5wn
      @JustinLee-jm5wn 2 года назад

      @@vexageedits6995 from oversimplified?

    • @krishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      @krishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2 года назад +60

      The Arkhipov incident was even more intense. With only him out of 3 in-charge, disagreeing to launch the nukes.

  • @VK-ds7wv
    @VK-ds7wv 2 года назад +401

    Humanity DEVELOPED to such an extent, a simple error can wipe out entire humanity.

    • @CptUhudini
      @CptUhudini 2 года назад +44

      Think about it, if humanity gets wiped out someday, it will probably be because of a small error. Most probably because of an unexpected "{" on Line 32 haha

    • @jonathanjohnson9611
      @jonathanjohnson9611 2 года назад +9

      @@CptUhudini Yep. It’s insane when you think about it.

    • @ElonMusk-tb2yi
      @ElonMusk-tb2yi 2 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @not_sleeping
      @not_sleeping 2 года назад

      @@CptUhudini Unexpected indentation

    • @reconx86
      @reconx86 2 года назад +9

      It's also a small error that brought us all into existance.

  • @TheRealHoltzy
    @TheRealHoltzy 2 года назад +49

    So, being born in 1985, I owe my entire life to this man. Thank you Comrade

    • @OrbitalSP2
      @OrbitalSP2 Месяц назад

      Born in 1985 too brother

  • @andrewthompson5728
    @andrewthompson5728 2 года назад +63

    This man deserves to have bestowed upon him the highest award each nation has.
    His actions should be taught in every school.

    • @nukularpictures
      @nukularpictures 2 года назад

      No. He should have been court marshalled and much more servilely punished. His gut feeling could have also been a decapitation strike against Moscow and all the other big cities.
      5 ICBM, in 1983 they would have been Trident I or Minuteman III, they would have been able to deliver up to 40 100kT(Trident I) or 15 300 kT(Minuteman III) warheads. That is enough to flatten every major soviet City and would have, due to the lack of warning, have killed most of the chain of command.
      It does not matter that he saved the world. He disobeyed direct orders, he put all of the lives at risk.
      Just assuming that only 5 ICBM would be not too bad is just wrong. Just 5 can destroy a country.

    • @GY4R4DOS
      @GY4R4DOS 2 года назад +9

      @@nukularpictures he put the survival of humanity over the survival of his country, because unlike you he understands that a single country being destroyed shouldnt warrent the end of humanity. he was able to see past blind patriotism and see the bigger picture, and for that i believe he is the greatest hero in humanities history and no amount of awards could ever repay the great service he has done for us.

    • @aetherialbeing4223
      @aetherialbeing4223 2 года назад

      @@nukularpictures damn bro you’re kinda cringe 😬

  • @kevinogill6726
    @kevinogill6726 2 года назад +1275

    There should be a statue erected in honor of LT Petrov in every single country on this planet

    • @archlich4489
      @archlich4489 2 года назад +57

      In the town square of every city nuclear targeted.

    • @jhaimp.dublon7807
      @jhaimp.dublon7807 2 года назад +11

      That's what she said

    • @quamrulhassan8205
      @quamrulhassan8205 2 года назад +7

      I support your proposal witnhout any any any doubt. Even it is our moral duty to do. It was supposed to be when the great Petrov was alive. How poor we human being are?

    • @kevinogill6726
      @kevinogill6726 2 года назад +2

      @@chickencooler5585 I guess you've never seen a Cold War targeting schematic which involves not only the US and the Soviet Union but NATO and Warsaw Pact countries as well. You must be
      young (not an insult). Any launch by either the the USA or USSR would automatically trigger launches by all other nuclear countries on both sides and pretty much obliterate the entire world except Antarctica. The world would be gone in less than a day. So, you should know that back then, everyone cared about the USA and the USSR

    • @kevinogill6726
      @kevinogill6726 2 года назад +5

      @@chickencooler5585 Although I am very glad to hear that current 21st century predictions aren't as dire, I was not talking about current nuclear arsenals or targeting. This situation occurred in the Cold War. I was pointing out Cold War targeting scenarios. The number of ICBMs have all but been eliminated from their Cold War abundance.
      I was an officer in the early eighties in U.S. Navy Special Warfare and I can tell you that in the Cold War, fall-out would not have been much of an issue because nearly every populated area in the world was directly targeted. Let me emphasize; Directly targeted. That Soviet Lieutenant saved the world.

  • @mikaxms
    @mikaxms 2 года назад +811

    He didn't _stop_ WW3, he _prevented_ it.

    • @tupaicindjeke275
      @tupaicindjeke275 2 года назад +21

      More like that....

    • @NewMateo
      @NewMateo 2 года назад +55

      If I stop my friend from doing something stupid I also prevented it....words have multiple interpretations depending on the context.

    • @mikaxms
      @mikaxms 2 года назад +45

      @@NewMateo You're mixing up cause and effect. He _stopped_ the launch of the nuke, _preventing_ WW3.

    • @shuliu8436
      @shuliu8436 2 года назад +32

      @@NewMateo "Stop" implies interrupting something that has started, eg: your friend was in the middle of doing something stupid and you stooped him by tackling him. "Prevent" implies stopping something before it begins, eg: you prevented your friend from doing something stupid by warning him beforehand. While both words can be used interchangeably to an extent, prevent is much more accurate in this case.

    • @meteo5582
      @meteo5582 2 года назад +9

      this means that WW3 can still happen in the future

  • @geoffwickens3871
    @geoffwickens3871 2 года назад +106

    WOW! I never heard of this! I was 19 when this was going on and just starting out in my adult life. If ever a man deserved to be recognized (albeit posthumously) this is he! Unbelievable how one man went with his gut rather than the data in front of him and had the intelligence and daring to go against his orders. Thank you Stanislav! I hope they are treating you better up there than we did down here.

    • @kimmuckenfuss2284
      @kimmuckenfuss2284 9 месяцев назад +2

      No doubt! Couldn't have said it better. Thank God the world is not filled up with "Yes men." If he was one of those that didn't question anything & wanted to curry favor with his higher ups (a Yes man with a herd mentality), we'd all be dead.

    • @JohnDavis-yz9nq
      @JohnDavis-yz9nq 8 месяцев назад +1

      You are getting to be an old man now. 1983 seems so long ago.

  • @14rs2
    @14rs2 2 года назад +60

    For all the close calls throughout the Cold War I’m so glad that the decisions were made by the most intelligent and steady handed people of the time!!
    Thank god for people like this guy and all the others stopping the world ending!!

    • @francesbernard2445
      @francesbernard2445 Год назад +2

      Some of them went on to being astronauts together with the west too next.

  • @KimTiger777
    @KimTiger777 2 года назад +283

    Stanislav Petrov is a true hero. Thank you!

  • @indylockheart3082
    @indylockheart3082 2 года назад +357

    I was floored when I learned this story in my late 20s and thought it was criminal that they didn't teach us this in school ..I was sure to tell my kids the story when they reached middle school

    • @bxmully
      @bxmully 2 года назад +9

      Same here. Truly inspirational. Ik its corny to say that but I mean it with every cell in my body. I will teach my kids about him too one day. Thanks for ur comment bc now I'm certain I'll tell my younger family members about petrov. Now it's on my bucket list as strange as that sounds

    • @ariadneschild8460
      @ariadneschild8460 2 года назад +3

      My son told me about him so I had to look him up. Amazing guy.

  • @AlejandroStash
    @AlejandroStash 2 года назад +55

    Now we need another guy like him.

  • @seenukarthi
    @seenukarthi 2 года назад +41

    I was 1 year old on 83. I owe my entire life to this man.

  • @tech34756
    @tech34756 2 года назад +393

    I just wonder how the world would have reacted if they found out war had started....over a computer error?

    • @Vinzmannn
      @Vinzmannn 2 года назад +57

      Nobody could've found out afterwards. Nothing left.

    • @colbix613
      @colbix613 2 года назад +57

      Most people would probably never have found out. The US government would have called it a rumor and conspiracy theory, and would have used the mainstream media outlets to spread anti-Russian propaganda.

    • @briandsouza7854
      @briandsouza7854 2 года назад +9

      @SuperSatan666devil 1st So you are Super Satan? Where is Ultra Satan?

    • @tech34756
      @tech34756 2 года назад +5

      @@colbix613 I doubt the US would claim it's a conspiracy, especially when it absolves them of blame for starting any war and makes the Russians look bad.

    • @colbix613
      @colbix613 2 года назад +6

      @@tech34756 Absolve them, how? Blame goes to all sides of the engagement. There are no innocents who engage in warfare. To my mind, it actually makes them look worse.
      If the story could have ever been proven, my instinctive reaction is: "You engaged in warfare over a software bug?!" It's outrageous and absurd, and is grounds for a citizen-coordinated general strike/revolt for all countries involved. The hypothetical would have represented the epitome of human stupidity.

  • @willinton06
    @willinton06 2 года назад +510

    The world has been close to an end more times that I feel comfortable with

    • @zsmith4853
      @zsmith4853 2 года назад +4

      Me too.

    • @webdev10000hours
      @webdev10000hours 2 года назад +1

      Tell me about it

    • @paulthrutner9114
      @paulthrutner9114 2 года назад +6

      I don't. The sooner this planet rids itself of the worst virus that's ever hit it, humans, the better!!

    • @macewbee
      @macewbee 2 года назад

      Same here

    • @alecseusalec3418
      @alecseusalec3418 2 года назад +2

      Dunno, its kinda reassuring to me. If world didn't end after all this,it will probably will be okay now.

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  • @lampini
    @lampini 2 года назад +16

    What an amazing story, this needs to be made into a movie or something. One man LITERALLY saved the entire world from destruction. He’s literally the biggest hero in human history

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  • @CrashForce
    @CrashForce 2 года назад +470

    Great video as always and it's sad to hear that this story is not more well known by the public. Even though I heard about it a while ago, it was nice to hear your take on it as well.

    • @aircraftmen_
      @aircraftmen_ 2 года назад

      heyy i watch your pit maneuver videos you remember?

    • @CrashForce
      @CrashForce 2 года назад

      @@aircraftmen_ sorry I don't remember you...

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      @aircraftmen_ 2 года назад

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    • @debiannebalmer8166
      @debiannebalmer8166 2 года назад

      Wonderful story, yet can’t help but feel, there was more to the situation than said.

  • @jorgenordonez4656
    @jorgenordonez4656 2 года назад +135

    This is why I follow coldfusion. I've heard this story before from different youtube channels. But the way coldfusion paints it engulfs you in the story with excitement. Keep up the great work.

    • @daddust
      @daddust 2 года назад

      Because he engages in bollocks. There wouldn’t have been a counter strike without multiple checks and decisions. Nobody is launching WWIII because five missiles have appeared.

    • @agueconfle4889
      @agueconfle4889 2 года назад

      I recommend you to see this part of the next video, about how Stanislav saved the mankind from nearly-extinction: ruclips.net/video/qaPA8qp6USA/видео.html
      It is from a Latin-American youtuber called Dross, and although the video is in Spanish (of course you can activate subtitles), it is redacted phenomenally.

  • @cavs1000
    @cavs1000 2 года назад +4

    Very happy to have the opportunity to be the illustrator in this documentary.

  • @sobrcelt
    @sobrcelt 2 года назад +78

    Wow, I didn't know about this; thanks for sharing it! I did know about Vasili Arkhipov though, a Soviet submarine officer who refused to launch nukes at U.S. forces during their failed invasion of Cuba in 1963. Two other officers on the sub were in favor of nuking the Americans, but it took three to approve it, and Arkhipov refused. Two nuclear bullets dodged thanks to two brave Soviets. I wonder if there are similar stories from the Western side, buried deep in NORAD and still stamped "Top Secret?" Probably...

    • @Sunny-pg3ek
      @Sunny-pg3ek 11 месяцев назад +7

      for sure

    • @umarsyed7538
      @umarsyed7538 10 месяцев назад

      Americans would have screwed up

    • @TheGorkLzrv
      @TheGorkLzrv 7 месяцев назад +5

      Эти две истории стали известны лишь из-за крушения СССР. Если у США есть подобные истори, то это станет известно либо после краха США, либо после того как максимально сменится политическая элита этой страны.

    • @sobrcelt
      @sobrcelt 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheGorkLzrv Yeah, exactly.

    • @imagineSasa
      @imagineSasa 6 месяцев назад

      Russia was not invading Cuba, they were friends. Look for credible sources of history not CNN

  • @XOPOIIIO
    @XOPOIIIO 2 года назад +372

    "He was reduced to growing potatos for living" - But in fact in Soviet Union everybody was growing potatos for living.

    • @sairabaig3118
      @sairabaig3118 2 года назад +7

      LMAO

    • @AndreyBelenkiy
      @AndreyBelenkiy 2 года назад +27

      True, but this implies he was discharged for basically just doing his job.

    • @sk-sm9sh
      @sk-sm9sh 2 года назад +11

      Most people in post soviet countries are growing potatoes not because they can't afford - they do so because potato snobism is a thing - kind of like in Italy every home is telling how their home wine from home grown grapes is the best in the world.

    • @matthewmcneill5320
      @matthewmcneill5320 2 года назад

      this is correct, good point!

    • @JaysusEscobar
      @JaysusEscobar 2 года назад +4

      Actually, not true...In Soviet Union, potatos grow people...

  • @richardcabellojr6377
    @richardcabellojr6377 2 года назад +446

    It sickens me to see celebrities be admired and rich for doing nothing, while people like this who saved the world get nothing.

    • @sebyvd2100
      @sebyvd2100 2 года назад +2

      Yeah

    • @coolbuddyshivam
      @coolbuddyshivam 2 года назад +30

      Rich are busy coming up with reasons to convince working class into fighting their war.

    • @randyg.7940
      @randyg.7940 2 года назад +7

      You mean you don't like the Paul Brothers?

    • @saikatbag3961
      @saikatbag3961 2 года назад +3

      Doing nothing. Really!

    • @saikatbag3961
      @saikatbag3961 2 года назад +4

      @@coolbuddyshivam Actually politicians.

  • @Anarkey
    @Anarkey 2 года назад +9

    I must thank this man for if not for him, I'd probably either be dead or living a desolate life. I was born like a month before he did the honorable act. Huge respect and deeply grateful for him trusting his gut.

  • @ericwang504
    @ericwang504 2 года назад +2

    Congratulations man you, deserve it. I love your videos and hope you can do more! Thank you for your hard work.

  • @imicca
    @imicca 2 года назад +403

    Imagine saving the world then being forgotten and growing potatoes for living.

    • @clearercarton
      @clearercarton 2 года назад +10

      How is that communist?

    • @MelaninMagdalene
      @MelaninMagdalene 2 года назад +5

      Everything is communists tho the earth has never seen communism...

    • @legendaryphoenix8607
      @legendaryphoenix8607 2 года назад +2

      @@MelaninMagdalene are u joking?!

    • @MM-zw8sm
      @MM-zw8sm 2 года назад +14

      Thousands of veterans in the US: yeah about that...

    • @Skye305
      @Skye305 2 года назад +5

      We will all be forgotten no matter what we do.

  • @SniperSnake50BMG
    @SniperSnake50BMG 2 года назад +52

    "This beautiful man"
    - Oversimplified

  • @TheTazmaniyak
    @TheTazmaniyak 9 месяцев назад +6

    Wow, I cannot believe I had never heard of this story. Thank you so much for highlighting it and I cannot imagine what a debt the world owes to Lt. Petrov!

  • @profmerlinpants
    @profmerlinpants 2 года назад +16

    Sometimes doing nothing is probably the most difficult thing in the Universe.

    • @profmerlinpants
      @profmerlinpants 2 года назад

      @Eve Angélique Glad it made you feel better.

  • @wernerolivier1134
    @wernerolivier1134 2 года назад +110

    We really should have an international day of remembrance for this event.

    • @francesbernard2445
      @francesbernard2445 Год назад +3

      Absolutely. What a brilliant idea. That in itself could have prevented war against the Ukraine aligned with the west.

  • @vitasartemiev
    @vitasartemiev 2 года назад +30

    He lived his later years and died in Fryazino, 50km from Moscow. We are definitely not a Moscow suburb. Our town is 450 years old and is a radio-electronics production/research hub.

  • @tommyoconnor959
    @tommyoconnor959 2 года назад +1

    Hi Dagogo....you are a Legend! I've been watching your vids for 7 years now! Keep up the great work

  • @brucewilson1958
    @brucewilson1958 2 года назад

    Last fall I binged on your shows. Then, my attentions went other places. Just now, you popped up. I'm still subscribed. Firstly, I missed your soothing voice. And, I deeply enjoyed this show!

  • @GM-xk1nw
    @GM-xk1nw 2 года назад +176

    There is also this commander who refused to fire a nuclear torpedo at a US fleet.

    • @pradyothkumar
      @pradyothkumar 2 года назад +65

      Vasily Arkhipov. The courage of this one man and just sheer luck that this man just happened to be on that particular sub saved the world from Nuclear war 20 years before Petrov here.

    • @randyg.7940
      @randyg.7940 2 года назад +1

      @@pradyothkumar crazy when you think about it, its beyond coincidence.

    • @Memoiana
      @Memoiana 2 года назад +19

      Time travelers who came back to avert the worst case scenarios 😉

    • @alienamzal477
      @alienamzal477 2 года назад +1

      @@Memoiana a certain marvel movie comes to mind

    • @KishoreKumar-uz8ir
      @KishoreKumar-uz8ir 2 года назад +1

      X men first class 😂

  • @william_chidube
    @william_chidube 2 года назад +49

    "You are watching cold fusion TV" - I love that voice

  • @reibubbles2505
    @reibubbles2505 2 года назад +11

    This man saved the world and "he was reduced to growing potatoes for a living" jfc...so unfair...while others are praised to high heavens for sneezing next to an ant and not killing it. I'm glad, at least at the end of his life he got SOME recognition.

    • @AwakenedAvocado
      @AwakenedAvocado Год назад +2

      I consider this man a hero and there arent many i will say that about

  • @jasrego
    @jasrego 2 года назад

    Thanks. This was very well put together.

  • @yashgulave8366
    @yashgulave8366 2 года назад +150

    Dagogo: "Get comfortable..."
    *Proceeds to play a video about how the world almost ended*

  • @brayden6449
    @brayden6449 2 года назад +111

    Wow. This guy deserves a day in his honor.

  • @jun_suzuki42
    @jun_suzuki42 2 года назад +3

    One of my favorite episode. Thank you ColdFusion.

  • @henriqueguimaraes121
    @henriqueguimaraes121 9 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you, Stanislav Petrov, may your soul rest in Peace.

  • @jholid6y
    @jholid6y 2 года назад +780

    New title: Bad coders almost ended the world.

    • @rowmen6293
      @rowmen6293 2 года назад

      Y tho

    • @uku4171
      @uku4171 2 года назад +42

      Bad code*. You don't have to be a bad coder for there to be bugs.

    • @simonjesusbeliever3467
      @simonjesusbeliever3467 2 года назад +12

      Its not a bad coder. Even the best coders in the world have 1000s of bugs in there programs.

    • @ksato3991
      @ksato3991 2 года назад

      My thought exactly

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 2 года назад +5

      That's not bad code. It's an insufficiently designed filter. It's the math behind the filter and the fidelity of the code representing that particular design. Either aspect or both could have been incorrect.

  • @flawlessbinary7449
    @flawlessbinary7449 2 года назад +237

    With nukes we would've gotten WarmFusion.

    • @ilya.b
      @ilya.b 2 года назад +11

      Well, no, actually we would've gotten FreezingFusion because of nuclear winter. ;-)

    • @kishananuraag
      @kishananuraag 2 года назад +6

      nah, ColdFission!

    • @briandsouza7854
      @briandsouza7854 2 года назад

      Ha 😂

    • @MM-zw8sm
      @MM-zw8sm 2 года назад

      😂😂

    • @reckz420
      @reckz420 2 года назад

      Try HotasHellFusion

  • @ThePreyMantas
    @ThePreyMantas 2 года назад +26

    Wow! Thank you for honoring and recognizing arguably and most likely one of the most important human beings that ever lived.... It just goes to show how utterly insane the military complex truly is and how their immature adolescence could and possibly might destroy everything "normal" human beings hold dear... PEACE AMONG ALL MEN...

    • @taranullius9221
      @taranullius9221 2 года назад

      Thanks for just not including 51% of the population.

  • @e1123581321345589144
    @e1123581321345589144 2 года назад +2

    Petrov: prevents nuclear war and exposes crucial bugs in early warning system
    CCCP: *DISMISSED!*

  • @wakilwadud
    @wakilwadud 2 года назад +18

    Also, a man named Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov prevented an all out nuclear war from happening during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  • @AndrewNovitsky
    @AndrewNovitsky 2 года назад +734

    Western enemy government:
    rewards the guy with an award and makes a film about him
    Mother Russia: you're now eligible to grow potatos for a living

    • @PuppetierMaster
      @PuppetierMaster 2 года назад +50

      You have to consider the possibility some people aren't allowed to grow potatos.

    • @AndrewNovitsky
      @AndrewNovitsky 2 года назад +16

      @@PuppetierMaster exactly

    • @DawoudKringle
      @DawoudKringle 2 года назад +33

      This is yet another flaw in an inexhaustible list of flaws we find in Soviet communism. It's also instructive of the demented standing philosophy of all forms of despotism: when reality points out a political shortcoming or errors in protocol or ideology, always use propaganda and brutal oppression to alter reality to suit party lines.

    • @1sonyzz
      @1sonyzz 2 года назад +9

      That's how Russia treats it's people

    • @misterharryman
      @misterharryman 2 года назад +42

      The "western enemy government" did not do anything. He received awards from private entities.
      Moreover, looking at the Snowden case, both governments doesn't praise people who make them look bad.

  • @real_zyosic
    @real_zyosic 2 года назад +5

    Need this man again in 2022

  • @madzen112
    @madzen112 2 года назад +2

    Remember reading his story in the paper for the first time around year 2000. Think the correspondent did an interview with him as well. One of the best stories from the Cold War.

  • @SparkBerry
    @SparkBerry 2 года назад +66

    Vasili Arkhipov, let's not forget what he also did during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

    • @Adde-hy7wx
      @Adde-hy7wx 2 года назад +5

      When clicking this video i thought ^^ would be the topic.

    • @eskanderx1027
      @eskanderx1027 2 года назад +2

      What did he do there?

    • @aldrichjosiah6495
      @aldrichjosiah6495 2 года назад +3

      @@eskanderx1027 he was an officer in a Russian submarine that could launch nuclear warheads at the US. The submarine was being harassed by a US ship with depth charges. However those in the submarine thought they were under attack. A nuclear launch was planned which required 3 officers to agree, 2 officers signed off on it but he didn't. It prevented the launch of nuclear warheads during the Cuban missile crisis

    • @eskanderx1027
      @eskanderx1027 2 года назад

      @@aldrichjosiah6495 Oh thanks you!
      Great to know!

  • @napynap
    @napynap 2 года назад +10

    Thank you Petrov! I remember growing up in the 80's. It's why I've always said that 'Missile Command' is the scariest video game of all time.

  • @mr.impatient4850
    @mr.impatient4850 2 года назад +19

    I was never glued to cold fusion like this episode before. Cold fusion never fails us to surprise us :)

  • @coolstuff8925
    @coolstuff8925 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing story, thanks for sharing - no idea about this...wonderful commentary.

  • @sdonbrradd
    @sdonbrradd 2 года назад +36

    You should do a video on Arkhipov. Having read about both of the incidents, I believe Arkhipov's situation was a far closer call, and far more dependent on his own judgement.

    • @wanderingthewastes6159
      @wanderingthewastes6159 2 года назад +12

      To this day I'm baffled they don't have statues dotting Russia and the rest of Europe

    • @marshfellowman
      @marshfellowman 2 года назад

      agreed, arkhipov's situation was much more dangerous overall given the circumstance

    • @nuqwestr
      @nuqwestr 2 года назад +1

      Yes, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admiral)

    • @KishoreKumar-uz8ir
      @KishoreKumar-uz8ir 2 года назад

      I really dont think it is fair to compare who is far more superior or not as both men prevented the exact same outcome.

    • @sdonbrradd
      @sdonbrradd 2 года назад

      @@KishoreKumar-uz8ir neither does your statement make any sense, nor is it accurate. Firstly, of course it's possible to compare two different things that lead to the same outcome. Secondly, I was not offering a comparison - I offered only my opinion.

  • @girishradhakrishnan2699
    @girishradhakrishnan2699 2 года назад +178

    Soviet programmers: Sir, I forgot a semicolon, that almost destroyed the earth.

    • @domi_marshal
      @domi_marshal 2 года назад +20

      How dare you. It's "comrade"!

    • @stefanscicluna2799
      @stefanscicluna2799 2 года назад +15

      #include
      int main() {
      std::cout

    • @luisendymion9080
      @luisendymion9080 2 года назад +7

      @@stefanscicluna2799 The ultimate "hello world" program lmao

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy 2 года назад +3

      It reminds me of the guy that programmed the ICMB Alert system with a shitty user interface for the Emergency Alert System of Hawaii.

    • @luisendymion9080
      @luisendymion9080 2 года назад

      @Chinedu Atisele nailed it LOL

  • @LoveCoffee123
    @LoveCoffee123 2 года назад

    Fantastic! One of the best videos I have seen this year!

  • @G.L.999
    @G.L.999 2 года назад +2

    Thank you Lt. Petrov! Respect from the U.S.
    That man deserve a worldwide national holiday for his gut instincts!

  • @itsnghtmre4363
    @itsnghtmre4363 2 года назад +32

    Even though I've heard this story many times ColdFusion has a special way of writing the script that could captivate anyone

  • @HaxxorElite
    @HaxxorElite 2 года назад +35

    My man saved Earth from presumably not passing the great filter singlehandledly

  • @anirudhr6052
    @anirudhr6052 2 года назад +7

    we need this man back

  • @theresaann7388
    @theresaann7388 8 месяцев назад

    I couldn't thank him enough for his careful thinking. It's just so sad that he didn't get the recognition done that he should have. Glad he finally got it now. Many prayers to you Sir.

  • @Christian-pj4vd
    @Christian-pj4vd 2 года назад +225

    Clouds reflect sunrays:
    ICBM alert system: "...and I took that personally"

  • @teabagg1178
    @teabagg1178 2 года назад +23

    You enjoyed making this and I'll enjoy watching it.
    Have a nice day

  • @AVenosT
    @AVenosT 2 года назад +9

    Thank you for spreading the story! It deserves to be in the history books !

  • @anwarsentinel1752
    @anwarsentinel1752 2 года назад

    Seriously bro cold fusion TV is my absolute favourite channel on RUclips keep up the great work!

  • @OptimisticHominid
    @OptimisticHominid 2 года назад +113

    “A strange game.", "The only winning move is not to play.”, “How about a nice game of chess?”

  • @kd21
    @kd21 2 года назад +3

    This is one of my favorite ColdFusion episodes, was waiting for this since last month when you tweeted about it!

  • @stevojohn
    @stevojohn Год назад

    Love your channel and videos man. Always well reasoned and interesting.

  • @Cadychan
    @Cadychan 2 года назад +1

    This is so wild. I had no idea something like this happened. I salute you, Lt. Petrov.

  • @TheSektorz
    @TheSektorz 2 года назад +18

    Props on making such interesting videos on significant yet little known events and people. This channel is a must sub.

  • @cindygachui7224
    @cindygachui7224 2 года назад +3

    Congrats Dagogo on reaching the milestone of 3M subscribers. Always like your contents. Many more to go, cheers! 🍻

  • @dhruvdeepak184
    @dhruvdeepak184 2 года назад

    #DagogoAltraide Your videos are the best and really enjoyable to watch. So much I learned from your content. Thanks, Dagogo!

  • @ThinkFinance
    @ThinkFinance 2 года назад

    Great video. Congrats on 3M. Well deserved.

  • @GuiGuib81
    @GuiGuib81 2 года назад +30

    I heard somewhere that he did nothing to save the rest of the humans. What a legend, we need more people like him. Rest in piece bro.

  • @willlucas5150
    @willlucas5150 2 года назад +15

    3:28 RIP all those soldiers walking towards the nuclear blast. This was before they really knew and how they discovered the effects of radiation poisoning

    • @pammmmm
      @pammmmm 2 года назад

      Or did “they” know but just didn’t care?.....

    • @willlucas5150
      @willlucas5150 2 года назад

      @@pammmmm Wouldnt surprise me... Maybe they needed a higher sample size....
      Either way, those guys in that clip suffered. I remember seeing that clip and those guys in the hospital afterword studying this years ago in high school. Dont think I'd ever forget it.

    • @pammmmm
      @pammmmm 2 года назад +1

      @@willlucas5150 yes, I do agree with you. It’s awful what our governments can/have done to us... RIP to those poor souls🙏

    • @AwakenedAvocado
      @AwakenedAvocado Год назад

      Well my suspicions would be raised as soon as my fellow comrades beside me become 3 dimensional x rays

  • @JayMeDee
    @JayMeDee 8 месяцев назад +1

    13:02 Thank you, Mr. Petrov. I learned this story years ago, and wrote a song about it

  • @shyamsheth3552
    @shyamsheth3552 2 года назад

    Hey Dagogo, have been watching your videos since quite a while and do really enjoy them!! I just had a suggestion that it would be amazing if you could write down the important points in the description box, as it can be really time saving!!

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  • @g-r0370
    @g-r0370 2 года назад +4

    How could someone so important to human history not be world famous?! Thank you for making this video! Will share!

  • @kaisinelmusic
    @kaisinelmusic 2 года назад +10

    Had it been another person, trust me we wouldn't be here watching this video. Huge praise to that man. R.I.P

  • @henryessiaw4008
    @henryessiaw4008 2 года назад

    Thank you cold fusion ... thank you for this !

  • @harrisonhunter7512
    @harrisonhunter7512 2 года назад

    A fascinating story thank you for sharing and thank you to this man .

  • @kodonosaki7342
    @kodonosaki7342 2 года назад +4

    This is the first time I've heard this HUGE bit of History. Thanks Dagogo, for this insight into our past!

  • @suyashjain409
    @suyashjain409 2 года назад +29

    Le cold Fusion:
    good time to use that tabla audio

  • @LV426CX1
    @LV426CX1 2 года назад +3

    Great video. Please check the story of Vasili Arkhipov. He did a similar thing while onboard a Soviet Navy submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He refused to approve a nuclear torpedo launch against US Navy ships. He was part of the executive officers of the submarine. All 3 executive officers had to agree, he refused, and averted a nuclear escalation of the crisis. Fun fact, he also was an officer onboard the K19 Sub prior to the crisis.

  • @LoisSharbel
    @LoisSharbel 9 месяцев назад

    Amazed again at your brilliance! THANK YOU!!!!

  • @zsmith4853
    @zsmith4853 2 года назад +4

    Thank you so very much as always, Cold Fusion.

  • @BacklineNurse
    @BacklineNurse 2 года назад +4

    I can't believe I'd never heard of this before - such a great video. Thank you!

  • @omennemo8844
    @omennemo8844 2 года назад +8

    That man saved the world. God put him there for a reason. Stanislov Petrov, what a human being. I never heard this story before. I am 72 years old. They never taught that to us in school. Thank you for bringing this to us.

  • @hakanaki
    @hakanaki 9 месяцев назад

    I love your contents. I watch it every time I work