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You are hereVasily ArkhipovOctober 27, 1962
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Vasily Arkhipov
The Americans dropping explosive signals on submarine B-59 did not know it carried a nuclear torpedo. Inside, a signals officer said the blasts sounded like an oil drum struck with sledgehammers.
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