This is a story about Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world.

1. THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD

2. Stanislav
Petrov
(1939 ~ )

3. Stanislav Petrov
Former military officer
of Soviet Union
Saved the world by
doing … nothing!

4. Background

5. ColdWar Era
(1947 ~ 1991)

10. Sept. 1st 1983
Korean Air Lines
Flight 007

11. Shot down by Soviet
interceptors
269 people dead
Including U.S.
congressman

12. Soviet Union vs. United States
Nuclear war was at hand

13. The Incident

14. September 23rd 1983
Secret bunker outside Moscow

15. Early-warning Satellite System
For ICBMs from USA

16. Stanislav Petrov was in charge of
monitoring the alarm

17. Suddenly, the alarm went off
“USSR is under attack!”

18. Five missiles heading into Soviet.
The start of nuclear war?

19. Two choices for Petrov
1. push the red button
2. ignore the alert

20. Pushing the red button -
Retaliate by launching a full-scale
nuclear war

21. Instead of pushing the button,
He analyzed the data before
making his decision.

22. ‘Just five missiles to launch a war?’

23. He thought it
was a false alarm.
And decided not
to push the
button.

24. In fact, there was no missile.
A satellite was malfunctioning by
reflections of sun light.

25. Nuclear war had
been averted.
Millions of lives
were saved.

26. Aftermath

27. Soviet military covered up the incident.
There was no reward to Petrov.

28. He was forced into early
retirement

29. His story became known to the world
in 1998 by a book about him.

30. He was presented with a ‘World
Citizen Award’ in 2004

31. “For fifteen seconds we were in a state of
shock… I had a funny feeling in my gut. I
didn’t want to make a mistake. I made a
decision, and that was it.”

32. One man, one clear-thinking man,
literally saved the world
and you and me.

33. With just one decision,
you can change
your entire future

34. ThankYou