During the naval skirmish between American destroyer and a Soviet B-59 submarine off Cuba on October 27, 1962. The destroyer dropped depth charges near the submarine to try to force it to the surface, not knowing it had a nuclear tipped torpedo. Vadim Orlov, a member of the submarine crew, told the conference in Havana that the submarine has been authorized to fire it if three officer agreed. The offices began a fierce shouting match over whether to sink the ship. Two of them said yes and the other said no. “A guy named Arkhipov saved the world,” was the bitter comment of a historian on this incident. David Rennie, “How Soviet Sub officer Saved World from Nuclear Conflict,” Daily Telegraph, October 14, 2002.
9 Unbehagen in der Natur, In Defense of Lost Causes, Slavoj Zizek.