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- [2007] (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Stanislav Petrov, USSR Early Warning System Commander. Subjects include: his role, Sep 1983, and his duties as an analyst, Ground Command and Control Centre; importance of the image of National Defence and the uniforms of the military and civilian staff; USA missile positions on his shift, in Sep 1983; how information was processed within the command and control centre; USSR preparation, both psychologically and physically, for nuclear attack; the system’s difficulty in distinguishing between light spots, satellites and missiles; false detection of missiles by their computer system. Original interview conducted in Russian, transcript in English. 55pp
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