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We quite literally have an example from the Cuban missle crisis where someone refused to turn the key and wasn't shot though.
Huh, I didn't think we got that far into the process during the Cuba missile crisis?
Launching a nuclear torpedo required unanimous decision between the 3 senior officers. . Arkipov was the only dissenting opinion
i'm only aware of Vasili Arkhipov doing this and he was a russian, so it doesn't support your statement.
If you are gonna grave dig a thread, you can at least look at my response two weeks ago.