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We hear a lot about single Soviet officers who prevented nuclear weapons from being fired during the Cold War. Are there any times that the US (or another western nation ) almost launched nukes and was stopped by a single person?

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We hear a lot about single Soviet officers who prevented nuclear weapons from being fired during the Cold War. Are there any times that the US (or another western nation ) almost launched nukes and was stopped by a single person?	1584