Cuban submarines were armed with nuclear torpedoes. The B-19 submarine, as all Cuban subs did, had Russian officers. One day they were getting depth charged by an American Destroyer. Two out of three command offices voted to use the Nukes. One did not. That man alone stopped WW III, as it had to be unanimous to launch.
When I saw this on the History Channel the other day it completely freaked me out. How different my childhood would have been.....
51 posted on 10/04/2007 10:20:03 AM PDT by scan59
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