1983: The Year the World Nearly Ended Twice

In 1983, the world came close to nuclear war twice, and almost nobody knew. A Soviet officer stared at a screen that said American missiles were on the way. Weeks later, a NATO exercise looked so real that Soviet forces went on alert. This is the true story of Flight 007, Stanislav Petrov, Able Archer 83, and a secret report that stayed classified for 25 years. Subscribe for more deep cuts:    / @thedeepcuthq   CHAPTERS 0:00 1983: The Year the World Nearly Ended Twice 0:18 The Year of Fear 2:18 Flight 007 4:48 Twenty-Three Minutes 7:08 The Man Nobody Thanked 8:42 Able Archer 10:26 Warheads on the Wings 12:30 The Secret Report Narration: text-to-speech. Music: HussonX. New album BROTHER 2 BROTHER, out now Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/50TYmQ... Apple Music:   / brother-2-brother   Music (HussonX): 0:18 Shut It Down · 2:17 Haze · 4:47 Kuyasa (Midnight Soulwave Mix) · 6:38 Breathe · 7:07 Echo · 8:41 Current · 10:25 Ride With Me · 12:29 Undone · 14:42 You Got Me · 15:17 Hold The Line Sources: Stanislav Petrov's own account (BBC News, 26 Sep 2013); National Security Archive briefing books on the declassified 1990 PFIAB report (2015) and the Perroots letter (2021); Ronald Reagan's address on KAL 007 (5 Sep 1983) and White House diary (10 Oct 1983); Gennadi Osipovich's 1996 account (New York Times); and Wikipedia articles on the 1983 false alarm, Able Archer 83, Operation RYAN and KAL 007 for cross-checking. Where the film relies on personal testimony or contested evidence, it says so. Archive: White House, US Department of Defense, US Air Force, US Space Force, US Navy, CIA, NASA and Prelinger Archives material (public domain or CC0), via Wikimedia Commons and the Internet Archive. Map data: Natural Earth (public domain). Warning-screen reconstructions and graphics: The Deep Cut. "The Day After" is referred to by title only. Credits (Wikimedia Commons): Stanislav Petrov photo by Queery, CC BY-SA 4.0. Moscow Kremlin at night (2001) by Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Yuri Andropov, Bundesarchiv (Friedrich Gahlbeck), CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. Lawrence, Kansas photo by Voidxor, CC BY-SA 4.0. President Reagan's address on defence and national security (23 Mar 1983) and address to the United Nations (26 Sep 1983), Reagan Library, CC BY 3.0. #ColdWar #StanislavPetrov #Documentary