"The Man Who Prevented WWIII in a Submarine 😨⚓"

October 27, 1962 — the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. U.S. Navy ships are dropping depth charges near a Soviet submarine in the Caribbean. They don’t know the sub is armed with a nuclear torpedo. Inside, oxygen is low, temperatures are near 120°F, and the crew hasn’t had contact with Moscow in days. They think World War III has already started. The Soviet officers aboard must vote unanimously to launch their nuclear torpedo. Two say yes. One says no. That man was Vasili Arkhipov. His refusal to authorize the launch may be the only reason we’re still here today. If he had agreed, the nuclear blast would’ve killed a U.S. fleet—and likely triggered a full-scale nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR. 💣🌍 Arkhipov’s calm judgment under extreme pressure went unrecognized for decades. But now, he’s known as the man who saved the world—again.