Something like this happened in 1983. The Soviets became convinced that the United States was about to launch a pre-emptive attack on them. And an equipment failure on a satelite indicated a missile launch from United States, but the key officer, a Lt. Col., didn't believe the data and decided to "await confirmation" before passing it upward.
Something like this happened in 1983. The Soviets became convinced that the United States was about to launch a pre-emptive attack on them. And an equipment failure on a satelite indicated a missile launch from United States, but the key officer, a Lt. Col., didn't believe the data and decided to "await confirmation" before passing it upward.
Something like this happened in 1983. The Soviets became convinced that the United States was about to launch a pre-emptive attack on them. And an equipment failure on a satelite indicated a missile launch from United States, but the key officer, a Lt. Col., didn't believe the data and decided to "await confirmation" before passing it upward.
"...but the key officer, a Lt. Col" -- a Vindman style Lt. Colonel, no doubt.