nellie_1017 t1_jd6jccm wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:46 AM

I think the US Navy was using small concussive charges that wouldn’t actually do any damage to try and signal them to surface, and the Soviets worried they were being attacked with actual depth charges.

Sweet_Tension_8679 t1_jd6grd7 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:19 AM

Reply to comment by nellie_1017 in Beau, Lloyd, and Jeff "the Dude" Bridges, 1975. They chose the right day to look cool. by ClementineCoda

I'm an 'old dude' for sure. Did a little bit more digging on that picture because I've enjoyed watching all 3 of these guys over the years.

nellie_1017 t1_jd6fsm6 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:09 AM

Reply to comment by Sweet_Tension_8679 in Beau, Lloyd, and Jeff "the Dude" Bridges, 1975. They chose the right day to look cool. by ClementineCoda

Thanks- you must be an 'old dude' like me to know that- LOL!

Foreverbanevading t1_jd6fqyi wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:08 AM

Reply to comment by rockrnger in Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224

What? During the Cuban Missile Crisis? The Soviets had a dozen MRBMs in Cuba alone, and plenty of sub-launched ICBMs. On top of that, the National intelligence Estimate from June 1961 indicated 50-100 ICBMs on land based launchers, which could be launched within minutes. There were hundred more capable of being moved to launchers as well. You’re just flat out wrong.

finnjakefionnacake t1_jd6egvo wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:56 AM

Reply to comment by Silly_Ad_6823 in Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224

I'd always heard about this story, but never actually saw the person responsible.

Damn.

DeHavilland88 t1_jd6duzp wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:50 AM

Reply to comment by beburba in Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224

They didn't say exclusively during that time period. Probably referring to Stanislav Petrov if I had to guess.

Sweet_Tension_8679 t1_jd6drny wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:49 AM

Reply to comment by nellie_1017 in Beau, Lloyd, and Jeff "the Dude" Bridges, 1975. They chose the right day to look cool. by ClementineCoda

You're right. It's from a Rod Serling show called 'The Loner' from 1966. Beau was a co-star in it with his dad.

JJWolfgang t1_jd6dptv wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:49 AM

Reply to Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224

Brave very brave.

shanghaidry t1_jd6cb3k wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:35 AM

Reply to comment by LupeDyCazari in Steve Buscemi during his service in the FDNY, Engine Co. No. 55, 1980s by holyfruits

He wasn’t as funny lookin’

stateofyou t1_jd6c9ea wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:35 AM

Reply to Steve Buscemi during his service in the FDNY, Engine Co. No. 55, 1980s by holyfruits

“Buscemi, are you stoned again?”

Fantara22 t1_jd69usx wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:13 AM

Reply to comment by noobnoobthedestroyer in Steve Buscemi during his service in the FDNY, Engine Co. No. 55, 1980s by holyfruits

Just so the reference doesn’t go unnoticed. I appreciated it. Nice one.

born_on_mars_1957 t1_jd69cto wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:09 AM

Reply to comment by beburba in Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. by AdAway2224

That probably was Gorbachev… (“Mr Gorbachev, tear down that wall”!). Ronald Reagan

blknblugrip t1_jd68az9 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:00 AM

Reply to comment by EphraimJenkins in Born on this date... Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – Feb. 27, 2003) by 4reddityo

'Twenty-year-old Fred Rogers did not like Dartmouth College. The Ivy was a “beer-soaked, jockstrap party school,” as Maxwell King, Rogers’s recent biographer, puts it.' Per Paris Review. ( I was curious too!)