Four Times We Nearly Ended the World (Nuclear War History)

I've been doomscrolling about the Iran war just like everyone else.

For weeks, I couldn't stop checking the news. Will it go nuclear? Will oil prices keep rising? Is this World War III?

But then I remembered: this isn't the first time.

This is the FOURTH time in my lifetime we've come within hours or days of nuclear war.

THE FOUR NUCLEAR NEAR-MISSES:

1. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (1962)
Soviet submarine officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to launch nuclear torpedo when two other officers voted yes. One man's decision prevented World War III.

2. SOVIET FALSE ALARM (1983)
Soviet early warning system detected five US missiles inbound. Officer Stanislav Petrov called it false alarm against protocol. Computer glitch. World saved.

3. NORWEGIAN ROCKET (1995)
Russia mistook Norwegian research rocket for US nuclear missile. Yeltsin activated nuclear briefcase. Minutes from launch.

4. IRAN WAR (2026)
US and Israel attacked Iran's nuclear program. Everyone feared nuclear escalation. It hasn't happened.

THE PATTERN:

Four times, we came very close.

Four times, cooler heads prevailed.

WHAT I LEARNED:

I can't control whether this war escalates.

But history shows rational people usually step back.

So I'm trying to stop doomscrolling.

It's hard. But it doesn't help.

THE LESSON:

Stop panicking about nuclear war.

Focus on what's real. What's around you. What you can control.

History shows: cooler heads prevail.

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📍 Siem Reap, Cambodia
🗓️ April 2026

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