Edit: A really important point I should have brought up- the reason why Khrushchev sent nuclear missiles to Cuba was because the United States had nuclear missiles in Turkey near the Soviet border. This is context I should have brought up. I was trying to simplify the Cuban Missile Crisis, and I simplified it a bit too much. How likely is it that nuclear war will happen in our lifetimes? Please consider supporting my sponsor. Remember, supporting my sponsor is a great way to support my channel. 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at JoinDeleteMe.com/mrbeat and use code MRBEAT for 20% off US consumer plans 🙌

@abrahamlincoln937

2 ай бұрын

We should elect leaders who will focus on ending the ongoing wars overseas and preventing wars from happening in the first place.

@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty

2 ай бұрын

It won't happen in any democratic or first world nation. It'll only happen in a far right dictatorship and even then it's slim. Most leaders don't have the guts.

@PoopyPants-ho8so

2 ай бұрын

@@abrahamlincoln937 my dad said it would happen in 80 years

@PoopyPants-ho8so

2 ай бұрын

I think it would happen in 34 years

@PoopyPants-ho8so

2 ай бұрын

My dad said it would probably happen I'm 80 or 90 years

Sometimes, the hero is the one making the decision to NOT do something.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

*sometimes absolutely

@wyattlewis4069

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, when it comes to nuclear warfare like this, the decision to not do something even if the reports were correct is still the right decision. It's not as if by retaliating you are saving any lives, just ending so many more.

@nebulan

2 ай бұрын

@@wyattlewis4069 depressingly true

@samuelbarber6177

2 ай бұрын

To quote WarGames: “The only winning move is not to play.”

@Texasjim2007

2 ай бұрын

@@wyattlewis4069 By not retaliating against somebody making a nuclear attack on you the only lives you would logically be saving would be your murderers leaving them alive to make a nuclear attack on somebody else. As an American soldier that makes no sense to me. If I'm going to die either way I want to take my murderers with me and think anybody disagreeing is an idiot encouraging foreign aggressors to have delusions about being able to survive making a nuclear first strike on America which they should never entertain.

No mention of when my Roblox account was hacked? Weird.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

It's a conspiracy!

@reidye

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeat I await your 30+ minute video on the subject with baited breath

@HCSpearo

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeatMine too man this is ridiculous

@officialAmpersand

Ай бұрын

Thats what you want us to think. For all we know, the “hackers of your Roblox account” could’ve been goons set up by you to stage a hacking.

@reidye

Ай бұрын

@@officialAmpersand I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. But you better stop digging around. There’s things at play here beyond your comprehension. Just let it go.

It's weird how the US and Russia/USSR almost ended the world so many times

@deyoungyoung3059

2 ай бұрын

Yeah

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

I noticed that, too...

@ThunderHOWL16

2 ай бұрын

really makes you think about the term “super power”…

@abrahamlincoln937

2 ай бұрын

It also makes sense why the 1990s were the decade where the Doomsday Clock was at its lowest because the Cold War ended in 1991, and then the War on Terror began in 2001.

@alonkatz4633

2 ай бұрын

@@ThunderHOWL16 Uncle Ben's words come to mind

The thing is, I'm 65 years old, and if I stayed awake worrying about everything that could kill me, I'd never sleep again. In fact, I could walk outside right now and be hit by a meteorite - I told my husband that if that ever happens to me, he can sell it, and use part of the money to fund a scholarship for women to study astronomy. He said he'd tell the people at my memorial service, "She always said that was the way she wanted to go." So, I just look both ways before crossing the street and I follow traffic laws and watch other drivers, and I don't worry about it.

@Angelo.Villaschi

2 ай бұрын

Worrying about it won't solve anything, but neither will burying our heads in the sand. How can we move our societies towards a state where the risk is lower?

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

This is a great perspective. You are wise.

@rdormer

2 ай бұрын

What a lovely way to avoid holding your government accountable for their actions.

@conejeitor

2 ай бұрын

yeah, but one thing is not worrying about the thing that can kill you. A very different one is not worrying about the things that can exint us all. Having enough capacity to extinguish all life on Earth, that´s pretty serious, and it should gide, i.e., your voting prefferences, your buying options.

@Texasjim2007

2 ай бұрын

@@conejeitor The thing is we honestly don't know how to avoid human extinction which without some miraculous new technological breakthroughs is as logically inevitable as death by old age. I have profound skepticism that human survival depends on our voting preferences or buying options which sounds like a con artist selling a magic potion that for all we know could just as easily be a poison or a placebo instead of the promised panacea.

You had me so interested in the history of nukes and the doomsday clock that I completely forgot that you were also going to tell me about 3 times the world almost ended.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

lol yeah I had quite a long introduction there. I'm so glad you stuck around to watch!

It's insane that most of us probably owe our existence to Vasily Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov, yet almost nobody has any awareness of them and their heroic actions.

@baxoutthebox5682

Күн бұрын

The west is pathologically incapable of recognizing a communist as a global hero.

Hi, Mr Beat. I had a video idea. How Presidents have decorated the Oval Office (and its predecessors) and how YOU would decorate it.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

This is a brilliant suggestion.

@MomentsInTrading

2 ай бұрын

I’ll add that the White House was not decorated well before Mary Todd Lincoln. It supposedly had old worn mismatched furniture and was considered more of a place of work rather than a fancy place.

@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty

2 ай бұрын

Great idea. How did each president customize the White House to their liking?

@joshuaxenoblade-3945

2 ай бұрын

Enamel pins of each state flag and something to do with that state.

@rowangamertv4348

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeat do it!!!!!

"A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of TNT." - President Harry Truman, 8/6/1945

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

What a quote

@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171

2 ай бұрын

I may be wrong, but I think Germany was thinking of building one, so if they did it first, we'd be f*cked. Sadly, the Hiroshima (if that is true) was a sacrifice taken to keep the Earth afloat.

@ComplexityUnleashed

2 ай бұрын

I mean, Britain maybe, but how would German bombers ever hope to get here to the US?

@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171

2 ай бұрын

@@ComplexityUnleashed Not the US only. Germany would have used them as threats AND as attacks to ither countries, and it would have been a nuclear war.

@aurus4432

Ай бұрын

@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 yeah, luckily they didn’t have any meaningful progress as much of their war effort by 1940 was put towards preparing for the Soviet invasion, resource problems starting to pop up, and the Battle of Britain

In regards to your START joke, as Homer Simpson once said, ‘NERD!’

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

lol

@NotMeNaNaNa

2 ай бұрын

Speaking of The Simpsons I was expecting a reference to the “the goggles, they do nothing” when he referenced the school drills where kids got under desks in the event of a nuclear attack, because, well, reasons I guess 😂

@demiller74

2 ай бұрын

@@NotMeNaNaNa but, duck and cover might work if there was just one bomb, and that bomb wasn't too big.

The September 1983 is the scariest one. A technological error almost starting a nuclear war can be very likely today.

@Chilicoach

Ай бұрын

Actually quite the opposite.

I know a story from someone my family knew that was alive during the cuban missile crisis as a schoolboy. He was asked where his homework was in October 1962. He replied, "I haven't done it." when asked why, he said "because the world is going to end in a week's time anyway." I can only imagine his huge relief yet slight annoyance when the world didn't end.

We live in an era where you can literally livestream or Tik Tok a War, Let that sink in

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

And that's how we know what's really happening in Gaza.

@ThunderHOWL16

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeatMr Based 💯🙏🏻

@TihetrisWeathersby

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeat true

@deanlovesstuff

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeat Hey Mr Beat

@deanlovesstuff

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeatAnd how did you edit you background

I feel like no one under age 40 remembers this very real fear; good for them . I sure did. I hope younger people realize how serious this threat was/is.

@kierashan1580

2 ай бұрын

you say this as if young ppl are constantly exposed to all the horrible things going on in the world. 40 years ago you heard about these things on the news or in the paper now you see it sandwiched between a video of celebrities fighting at award shows and a woman telling you that you need to buy a cool new makeup product. young ppl grew up with images of 9/11 shoved in their face it’s apart of our culture to be terrified. why do u think we’re so miserable and “difficult to work with” imagine going to work at 15-25 after watching a video trying to educate yourself a little bit more on how terrifying the world is then seeing a comment telling them that their lucky cuz they don’t remember how scary things were. you wouldnt really feel motivated to show respect or to do anything at all would you? did you experience this? being constantly, every second, in schools on tv in books at the dinner table and on your phone, told how horrible the world is while also being told you don’t understand? every generation has its unique fears and issues but to say “good for them” towards a younger generation whose just starting adult hood under a video that literally says the dooms day clock is a 90 secs is crazy.

@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171

2 ай бұрын

Pre-1990 US and USSR were a war-mongering mess... OK, they are still a mess, but not world ending anymore. Hopefully.

@commentpolice4694

2 ай бұрын

The concept of “mutually assured destruction” pretty much assured nothing would happen and still does

Mr Beat nerdy dry humor always cracks me up

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

I am relieved to hear I'm not the only one who gets my sense of humor. :)

@arlonfoster9997

2 ай бұрын

I like his sense of humor and entertaining aspects when he’s talking about history or in this case how close it came to the world to end many times. Like your sense of humor keep up the great work. 👍

@MrTruehoustonian

2 ай бұрын

It's almost British

@Permabull_Moonman

2 ай бұрын

Lucky, my cracks never dry from Mr. Beats humor

@friezzerwilhelm

2 ай бұрын

@@MrTruehoustonianfr

Here's the closest we've been to Nuclear War post-Cold War: 12th June 1999: On the same day the Kumanovo Agreement ended the Kosovo War, Russian troops were being stationed in Prishtina Airport. Commander Wesley Clark ordered a peacekeeping force to take over the Russians. General Mike Jackson (not Michael Jackson) replied "We are not gonna start WW3 for you". James Blunt, (yes, the one who sung "You're Beautiful") was in that unit and he would've refused to obey an order had Jackson not blocked it.

@ortherner

2 ай бұрын

micheal jackson

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Ok I remember reading about this a long time ago but then forgot about it. This definitely deserves to be a separate video.

@akonisho

2 ай бұрын

@@ortherner what

@ortherner

2 ай бұрын

@@akonisho michael jackson

@Lgz009

2 ай бұрын

General Jackson’s doing it for the children

"Feeling kind of stressed, what should I watch?" *Sees video* "Perfect!"

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

lol yeah sorry about that

2 fun facts about the Tzar Bomba. 1: The bomb was intended to be about twice as powerful, but an enriched additional stage was removed and replaced with lead. 2: Due to that it was by far the cleanest (least fallout) nuclear weapon ever detonated. It was able to use a great percentage of the fissile material and didn't create as much secondary radioactive products.

@thecraigster8888

2 ай бұрын

The reason the Russian scientists decided to dial back the output from 100 megatons to around 50 megatons was that they became fearful of the long term effects the explosion would have on the Earth’s environment. They also knew that the chances that the crew of the aircraft that dropped the bomb would survive would be zero. When they lowered the bomb’s output, they gave the bomber crew a 50% chance of survival, which they luckily did.

@bobbywise2313

2 ай бұрын

​@@thecraigster8888With the large parachute it was estimated they would be 45 miles away when detonation occured. I don't know what the altitude was at detonation but the plane definitely got hit hard by the shock wave. It dropped several thousand feet when it got hit. Fortunately the plane and pilots recovered from this. But that had to be terrifying.

The movie Wargames came out just a few months before the Petrov incident. The plot of the film is eerie similar to the incident as well

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

I seriously almost mentioned this in the video!

@lightyagami3492

2 ай бұрын

​@@iammrbeatI was waiting for the war games reference. This was still a good video but i was disappointed that one of my favorite films wasn't mentioned alongside this topic.

I feel like there needs to be SO MUCH MORE protest against nuclear weapons

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

There have been people protesting nuclear weapons in front of the White House almost every single day since the 1970s. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/1/peace-activists-anti-nuclear-protest-outside-white-house-lasted-for-record-34-ye-764133

@mism847

2 ай бұрын

No way you posted a link without the comment getting shadowbanned

@mikeoxlong3676

2 ай бұрын

Putin is no longer dismantling nukes. Protests won't do anything.

Thank you Mr. Arkhipov 🙏

" honey wake up , the world is about to almost end again for the 100th time. "

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Are we that numb to it? I blame corporate news.

New Mr.Beat 😩😩 RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

It's amazing how we can look back at past wars, We could still so easily be right back in another

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Every day is a gift.

Thanks for the existential dread Mr. Beat you're a great educator 😊

Great video, Mr. Beat. It’s up to our politicians and leaders to ensure that the world doesn’t even come close to ending, whether it’s nuclear war or not. The best thing that the United States can do right now in terms of foreign policy is ending the ongoing wars overseas and focusing on maintaining peaceful relations with Russia and China and to avoid wars when necessary.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Well put there, Lincoln.

@abrahamlincoln937

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hopefully you can reach 1 million subscribers within the next few months!

@lightyagami3492

2 ай бұрын

​@@abrahamlincoln937I agree completely. No you aren't gonna be able to stop every conflict from occurring but i think as part of the world community we should do our part to deter wars from starting in the first place.

@abrahamlincoln937

2 ай бұрын

@@lightyagami3492 Absolutely.

Can’t wait for more informative updates and content from this channel!!!

Mr beat, I love your videos, they are very well done and the content is really interesting and informative. A hug from Brazil!!

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much buddy

hi mrbeast do u think i could have a billion dollars

@kevinaguilar7541

2 ай бұрын

Bro this is mr. beat.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Sure

@elijahbaley5556

2 ай бұрын

No one should have that much money tbh.

@alexthybalex

2 ай бұрын

@@iammrbeat thank u

@alexthybalex

2 ай бұрын

@@kevinaguilar7541 ik it’s a joke

I love the Terminator and Fallout But some science fiction should REMAIN just Science Fiction

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

thank you so much for everything you do, mr. beat, i love your videos so much.

I seriously love when you upload the answer to my homework as a video, dude. It's an experience that can't be BEAT

A little nitpick that my old high school history teacher also got wrong: duck and cover actually WOULD help if a nuke got dropped. Obviously if a bomb was dropped right on top of the school then you'd be screwed, but if it was dropped over a mile away then it would protect you against immediate thermal radiation of the blast. I don't have the source off hand but I remember reading about a group of police officers in Nagasaki being taught to duck and cover after the Hiroshima bombs, and apparently a lot of them survived when the second bomb dropped because of what they learned

@Scott-hu3np

2 ай бұрын

Another thing is that it would somewhat protect the children from falling debris if the structure of the building collapsed because of the blast

@carlireland5049

2 ай бұрын

Duck and cover became less effective as the Soviet Union began deploying thermonuclear weapons which could destroy entire cities. It would not have helped against, say, the Tsar Bomba unless you lived relatively far from the target. That’s part of the reason why they stopped doing those drills.

mr beat i love you -michael

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Holy crap, I love your stuff. It's quite unique and deep. It's so random to find out you watch my stuff as well!

10/10 video. Thank you. The final thoughts was the best part!

Your amazing mr. Beat! And your face is my 2nd favorite part, right after the sick info drop you make in my mind every video I watch.

It’s weird that people don’t usually mention the animals that died in nuclear tests. Because on top of causing humans problems, there’s a lot of death even in tests. So much suffering that we wouldn’t even know about.

What a delightful idea for a video.

@trentsteffes8927

2 ай бұрын

Not anxiety-inducing at all!

Thanks for the great content

Hi Mr Beat, been watching for a couple years. I watch all your videos with my mother and we love your videos- especially your presidential videos! Much love from Cali (were watching this right now).

glad the US has been apart of it all - very main character of us

The 4th time was the burrito supreme going down my pipes

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Those dang burritos are dangerous

After being a fan for a few years I gotta appreciate that you're still making quality videos I still click on, thanks Mr. feet.

My gov teacher introduced me to ur channel, love your works, Mr Beat!!

We're doomed as a species.

@areafurrynone1913

2 ай бұрын

We’ve been saying that since the 40s pal

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Technically just about all species are doomed.

@elijahbaley5556

2 ай бұрын

In the words of George Carlin, "The planet is fine. The people are fucked!"

Mr beat, i have been a huge fan and this one was a really good video!. I would appreciate it if you start uploading more storytelling video like this

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

More to come!

These videos are very interesting. Thanks

I would love you as a teacher. You're super chill and dorky (in a good way).

Excellent video Mr. Beat.

please keep making videos I love them.

Mr beat I've been watching you for years. THANK you for your videos. -a history fan

Mr Beat, we were hitting it off so well, I was telling you about my day, and then BOOM you just tell me the world is gonna end really soon? This is just too much

Mr Beat never disappoints! Well done

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike!

Thanks man! Will use that in my MWH class when they learn about the Cold War. Appreciation from this student teacher!

Mr. Beat with the best videos as always

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

Stumbled across your channel and you earned a sub out of me - really interesting stuff and good video editing!

Include some Iron Maiden if you do a part 2 lol. Excellent video, always top notch quality

Arkhipov is such a forgotten hero. Not only did he not get a Nobel prize, he was treated as a pariah upon his return to the Soviet Union.

Nearly a 10 minute contextual intro….masterful!

Really cool video. If anyone wants to learn more about the last almost apocalypse mentioned there, it was an exercise called Able Archer, and there is a tv show about it called ‘Deutschland 83’

love your content mr beat. it has inspired me to make a video about the history of my city, Long Beach CA

@EvanSnackson

2 ай бұрын

coming this summer

It's always a blast to hear Postal Dude talk about history and political facts and other related topics.

Mr. Beat is my favorite channel on YT 🤘🏼 I wonder where all the nukes are kept here in the states

Mr beat is literally my history dad

Felt like it would 2020

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Things have indeed calmed down...a bit...since then

@kevin2400

2 ай бұрын

Nothing happened in 2020 except the riots

I love you Mr beat😊

Hey Mr Beat, I'm not sure if you've done a video specifically on the atomic bombings of Japan but I think a video on it and the opposing views on whether it actually achieved a surrender or if it only served to kill hundreds of thousands of innocents could be a informative video.

Re the Cuban Missile Crisis, you left this part out as to what really precipitated it: "...when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba" (Wikipedia)

Great video Mr Beat. I am ashamed to admit that the Playdoh joke got me though lol.

YOU'RE FROM LAWRENCE? I'm from Russell! Very cool to find a fellow Kansan. Subbed for Life.

You and Cody releasing videos with similar topics

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Total coincidence

@Youuu-nt4rh

2 ай бұрын

l just realize that lol

I recall the movie "War games" with the rogue machine W.O.P.R,a tribute to Burger King´s Whopper,greetings from Tenerife,Canary Islands

wow very eye catching video Mr. Music Beat.

@9uygivjjhonujp8

2 ай бұрын

that kitten was so cute awwwww

@9uygivjjhonujp8

2 ай бұрын

Vasily #1! and I thik the other guy who did that too

@9uygivjjhonujp8

2 ай бұрын

Vasily and Stanislav are so cool!!!

@9uygivjjhonujp8

2 ай бұрын

omg he's talking about Petrov!!!

Six days old and the NATO map is already out of date. Things are moving fast these days. Great video, thanks!!

Incredibly important information for people to understand. We’re incredibly lucky to be here right now. Mathematically it’s impossible that this will not happen eventually unless the world can come up with an intelligent solution to get our arms around the danger we’re in every day.

Given the back and forth of the last few months, it would be cool to see a video on government shutdowns. What they actually are, their history, etc.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Ya know, I've been meaning to do this for a very long time now.

Hey Mister Beat, I'm a big fan of your channel and have been following for years. I never comment but was shocked waiting 10mins of intro and ad to finally get to the content. On reflection, I think titling the video "Nuclear War and 3 times we were close to it" would have fixed my expectations. Keep making amazing content!

The hubris of humanity never fails to astound me. We can't end the world, we're note powerful enough. All we can do is screw ourselves over.

I’m gonna stick up for hiding under your desk here. While it won’t stop the shockwave or protect you if you are directly under the bomb, the main point is that having anything between you and the radiation greatly reduces your exposure and risk of radiation poisoning or other complications

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I know. I was trying to be funny.

Hi Mr Beat, I’d love a video of you discussing the pros/cons of the Patriot Act and the ripple effect that came from it since its inception

As much as I loved my ap history and government teachers. Rip mr Patrick. I would have loved to have Mr Beat as a teacher

Video starts at 9:48

Thank you Mr beat.

@iammrbeat

2 ай бұрын

Well thanks for watching!

I was way too young when they aired The Day After. That night marked the first of my night time panic attacks. I was 10. I am in my 50s now and still have them. It affected so many of us and made us fearful of nuclear power in general.

I’ve found my new favorite channel

WOOO! 90 seconds! Don't need to go to work on Monday.

In 8th grade, I watched the day after and it scared the crap out of me. This would’ve been in 2019. Crazy that a single movie had such a huge impact on the whole world.

When Stanislav Petrov was praised in his later years, he said that he did what anyone would do in that situation. That gives me a lot of faith in humanity.

Mr Beat, that intro definitely caught me off guard (although I don’t think you’ll ever be able to top “I’m Mr Beat, and one day I will die, heck, one day all of us will die”)

During the Cuban missile crisis , we had drill at school : the kids went into the halls and sat on the floor with backs to the walls . We lived in Huntsville, Ala. , the home of the Army Missile Command .

Ahh, the fear of death, what a great way to start off the month.

The fourth time will be when Mr. Beat stops uploading

Im old enough to remember needing black blinds to use at night so no light would attract plane attacks, and hiding under your class desk to save yourself from a nuclear attack. Which made no sense as Mr. Beat so eliquently put it.

When are you going to release your video for election 2024? Also, if it goes the way the numbers are predicting will it be as terrible as I've been led to believe? I commented on your 2020 election prediction video, but considering it's from three years ago, I wasn't sure if you'd respond. So, here I am again. I appreciate your content and value your opinion. Any insights on this would really help ease my anxiety.

This video should have included the 1979 NORAD false alert. A training data tape reel ended up with the blank reels used for recording the main NORAD data got uploaded to main NORAD control. This incident was the inspiration for the movie War Games.

It's crazy how you almost have 1 million subscribers

Able Archer 1983 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 were probably the closest calls. I think probably just about everybody in Petrov's place would have waited for confirmation. You don't start a nuclear WWIII for five missiles, which even if they were real might very well not be nuclear armed. Vasily Arkhipov however, was in a far more tense situation, as he had no way of verifying if WWII had broken out or not. The most insane thing about this incident, if I remember correctly, is that it was a lucky coincidence that Arkhipov was on this ship. Usually there were only two guys on a Soviet submarine necessary for the launch of nuclear weapons: the captain and the political officer, formerly known as commissars during WWII. Arkhipov was actually the political officer for the hole submarine unit who just happened to travel on this one sub and was therefore in the chain of command for this potential launch. Now I may have mixed it up and Arkhipov may have been the regular political officer, but if I remember correctly, the guy that single-handedly prevented WWIII might very well have been on another sub that day. During Able Archer, on the other hand, nuclear armed bombers were ready for take off in East Germany with nukes on the planes and pilots in the cockpit. In 1962, it was one guy who prevented WWIII, in 1983 there were dozens if not hundreds of people who could have started it by accident.

Thanks for highlighting the heroes who were never mentioned in school, clearly our concious are meant to be kept divided for an agenda.

The problem with the clock is that for it to get the maximum attention, it needs to make new extremes, ideally closer to midnight. The next time there's any kind of tension, it'll be 1 minute. At some point they'll have to start making fractional changes so they don't run out of headline-making potential.

Command and control is a very good read, I also recommend the movie the fog of war