The Russian guy's name? No. Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "tyler" <casi...@usermail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Strategic Air Command > Anyone know the guys name? > > It's crazy that it almost happened in 83, a full 19 years after Dr. > Strangelove came out! > > Tyler > > Hendrik & Fay wrote: > > Let's not forget that on the other side where brave and professional > > men and woman like Wilton doing the same job. > > Saw a program on the TV about how close the Russians where to pushing > > the button in 83, due to a number of factors but the biggest one was > > that their early warning system was unreliable. > > One of these early warning systems went off but luckily the soldier in > > charge decided it was a computer malfunction, rather than a US launch. > > What happened to this fella? Did he get a medal for being good at his > > job? No he got the boot but I suppose he was lucky not to just disappear. > > Spose Wilton was lucky too, padlock malfunctions, so it must the > > operators fault and he is gonna pay. > > > > Hendrik > > living in the endless cycle of stupidity we like to call progress > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
