BBC.R4.Petrovs.Dilemma.mp3

BBC R4 Documentary - Petrov's Dilemma
Presented by Jonathon Charles
Stanislav Petrov's words spoken by Uri Stepanov
Produced by Emily Williams
Broadcast July 28, 2008
Coded at 128/44.1

September 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav
Petrov, was manning a USSR facility monitoring
early-warning satellites. He recieved signals
that the US had launched nuclear missiles.

He reported a malfunction ... and we all lived.

Contributors include
Oleg Gordievsky (ex KGB)
Michael Binyon (Times diplomatic correspondent)
Christopher Mayer (former US Ambassador)
Dr Paul Bracken