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Ivy Mike
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What you need to know about modern nuclear war
Stanislav Petrov made a split-second decision that probably averted a nuclear conflagration. “I told myself I won’t be the cause of World War III. I won’t. Simple as that,” he said.
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The unsung Soviet officer who averted nuclear war
A new multiple launch rocket system is test fired in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 4, 2016.
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Some Americans are panicking about North Korea. Here’s why South Koreans aren’t.