I raise you the world almost ending several times.<p>First, actual launch orders for nuclear weapons that weren&#x27;t carried out. [0][1]<p><i>Bassett immediately ordered the other launch officer, as Bordne remembers it, “to send two airmen over with weapons and shoot the [lieutenant] if he tries to launch without [either] verbal authorization from the ‘senior officer in the field’ or the upgrade to DEFCON 1 by Missile Operations Center.”</i> [1]<p>Followed by a myriad of false alarms on both sides too numerous to exhaustively list. [2][3][4]<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Vasili_Arkhipov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Vasili_Arkhipov</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thebulletin.org&#x2F;okinawa-missiles-october8826" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thebulletin.org&#x2F;okinawa-missiles-october8826</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alar...</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nsarchive.gwu.edu&#x2F;nukevault&#x2F;ebb371&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nsarchive.gwu.edu&#x2F;nukevault&#x2F;ebb371&#x2F;</a><p>[4] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nuclearfiles.org&#x2F;menu&#x2F;key-issues&#x2F;nuclear-weapons&#x2F;issues&#x2F;accidents&#x2F;20-mishaps-maybe-caused-nuclear-war.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nuclearfiles.org&#x2F;menu&#x2F;key-issues&#x2F;nuclear-weapons&#x2F;issu...</a>