For approximately four hours below the Caribbean Sea on October 27, 1962, Vasili Arkhipov found himself in the middle of a nuclear standoff. ... “We’re going to blast them now!

Join now. Future Perfect; 60 years ago today, ... And we should celebrate those, like Vasili Arkhipov, who in moments of existential decision, choose life rather than extinction.

In a world on the brink of nuclear war, Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval commander, became humanity's last hope. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Arkhipov refused to launch a nuclear torpedo aboard ...

As it happens, there was a third officer aboard the B-59 on that fateful day: Vasili Arkhipov, second captain of the B-59 and commodore of the entire Cuban submarine flotilla.

Vasili Arkhipov was born into a peasant family near Moscow in 1926. ... Out Now. 14 hours ago. link to article. Surveillance Of People Is More "Pervasive And Normalised" Than Previously Thought, ...

Not now Yes please. Jump to content. US Edition Change. ... Vasili Arkhipov was aboard the B-59 Soviet submarine when an American destroyer, the USS Beale began to drop depth charges.