RUSSIA / CUBA / USA : Russian Submariner Arkhipov Prevented Nuclear Holocaust.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war

     This is a fascinating and little told tale of real courage...but true.

     Russian submarine fleet commander...Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov...refused to allow one of his 4 subs...lurking off the coast of Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis...to launch a 10 kilo atomic torpedo that would have destroyed USA naval warships...released a mushroom cloud of radiation...brought nuclear retaliation strikes...and perhaps begun the end of the human life.

      TO WATCH : 2:12 trailer, PBS Program..'Secrets of the Dead'...'The Man Who saved the World.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453PEldRoIE