On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Navy Vice-Admiral Vasily Arkhipov, refused to agree to fire a nuclear torpedo at a U.S. Navy warship, avoiding certain nuclear warfare between the two superpowers.[764×1018]
On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Navy Vice-Admiral Vasily Arkhipov, refused to agree to fire a nuclear torpedo at a U.S. Navy warship, avoiding certain nuclear warfare between the two superpowers.[764×1018]
>On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a group of 11 United States Navy destroyers and the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) detected the Soviet diesel-powered, nuclear-armed Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 near Cuba. The submarine was one of four Foxtrot-class boats sent by the USSR to the Caribbean. Although in international waters, the U.S. Navy dropped signaling depth charges to force B-59 to surface for identification.[5][6]
>>There was no contact from Moscow for several days. Earlier the crew had intercepted U.S. civilian broadcasts, but at depth they could not receive radio traffic while evading pursuit. The men did not know whether war had already begun.[5][6] Captain Valentin Grigoryevich Savitsky believed hostilities might have started and wanted to launch a nuclear T-5 torpedo.[7]
>On most Soviet submarines armed with nuclear torpedoes, only the captain and political officer were required to authorize a launch. On B-59, a third signature was needed because Vasili Arkhipov was also chief of staff of the brigade (the actual brigade commander was Captain First Rank Vasili Naumovich Agafonov).[8][9] The three men were Captain Savitsky, Political Officer Ivan Maslennikov, and Executive Officer Arkhipov. An argument followed, with only Arkhipov opposing the launch.[10]
>Although second-in-command of B-59, Arkhipov’s authority as flotilla chief of staff and his reputation from the K-19 accident in 1961 influenced the debate.[7] He eventually persuaded Savitsky to surface and await orders. This decision was credited with preventing nuclear escalation.[11] By then, B-59 was nearly out of battery power, its air conditioning had failed, and conditions on board were severe.[12] The submarine surfaced among U.S. warships and made contact with a U.S. destroyer before being ordered back to the USSR.
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And this is the same geezer on the K19, I believe he was played by Harrison Ford.
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>On 27 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a group of 11 United States Navy destroyers and the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) detected the Soviet diesel-powered, nuclear-armed Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 near Cuba. The submarine was one of four Foxtrot-class boats sent by the USSR to the Caribbean. Although in international waters, the U.S. Navy dropped signaling depth charges to force B-59 to surface for identification.[5][6]
>>There was no contact from Moscow for several days. Earlier the crew had intercepted U.S. civilian broadcasts, but at depth they could not receive radio traffic while evading pursuit. The men did not know whether war had already begun.[5][6] Captain Valentin Grigoryevich Savitsky believed hostilities might have started and wanted to launch a nuclear T-5 torpedo.[7]
>On most Soviet submarines armed with nuclear torpedoes, only the captain and political officer were required to authorize a launch. On B-59, a third signature was needed because Vasili Arkhipov was also chief of staff of the brigade (the actual brigade commander was Captain First Rank Vasili Naumovich Agafonov).[8][9] The three men were Captain Savitsky, Political Officer Ivan Maslennikov, and Executive Officer Arkhipov. An argument followed, with only Arkhipov opposing the launch.[10]
>Although second-in-command of B-59, Arkhipov’s authority as flotilla chief of staff and his reputation from the K-19 accident in 1961 influenced the debate.[7] He eventually persuaded Savitsky to surface and await orders. This decision was credited with preventing nuclear escalation.[11] By then, B-59 was nearly out of battery power, its air conditioning had failed, and conditions on board were severe.[12] The submarine surfaced among U.S. warships and made contact with a U.S. destroyer before being ordered back to the USSR.
And this is the same geezer on the K19, I believe he was played by Harrison Ford.