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Ursprungligen postat av Fulskalle
Under 80-talet var det en situation under en NATO-övning i Västtyskland då en flock måsar el. dyl. utlöste en nedräkning på den sovjetiska sidan som dock stoppades manuellt av en politisk officer.
Under 90-talet var det en liknande situation då en förlupen norsk väderraket utlöste en automatisk nedräkning på tio minuter till kärnvapenavfyrning på den ryska sidan, även denna gång stoppades undergången manuellt.
Den första är sann, fast på fel plats.
"For example, on 26 September 1983, Stanislav Petrov received convincing indications of a US first strike launch against the USSR - but had the instinct that it was a computer error and, contrary to his orders, sat on his hands. Similar incidents happened many times in the US, due to failed computer chips, flights of geese (6 December 1950), test programs, bureaucratic failures to notify early warning military men of legitimate launches of test or weather missiles. And for many years, US strategic bombers were kept airborne on a rotating basis round the clock until the sheer number and gravity of accidents persuaded policymakers it wasn't worth it."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
Den andra stämmer också.
"January 25, 1995, when Russia almost launched a nuclear attack after a Norwegian missile launch for scientific research was detected from Spitzbergen and thought to be an attack on Russia, launched five minutes from Moscow. Norway had notified the world that it would be making the launch, but the Russian Defense Ministry had neglected to notify those monitoring Russia's nuclear defense systems. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_III
