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!

We’re gonna blast them now! ... Vasili Arkhipov, who was 34 at the time, Savitsky’s equal and the flotilla commander responsible for three Russian subs on this secret mission to Cuba. ...

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 ...

Now, the late hero—Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, who died in 1998 at the age of 72—will be awarded with a posthumous prize that acknowledges his actions, The Guardian reports.

Vasili Arkhipov, the second-in-command on board B-59, ... Now practice depth charges are not really bombs but small grenades designed to signal submarines to surface.

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, ...

Vasili Arkhipov, whose name should be universally recognized and honored was the Soviet submarine officer who in 1962 refused the order to launch a nuclear-armed torpedo against a U.S. destroyer ...

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.

Unknown to the world, Russian officer Vasili Arkhipov single-handedly averted nuclear war at the height of the Cuban missile crisis ...