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		Mikeb85 on June 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russia may deem civil servants’ use of Gmail, Face... When the only thing that prevented war for 50 years was the concept of mutually assured destruction....

fnordfnordfnord on June 11, 2013 [–]

Especially including people like Stanislov Petrov's understanding of mutually assured destruction, and his willingness to martyr himself.

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