Still, having an insecure PAL code is not the same as pressing what is effectively a 20-minute delayed suicide button based upon the most obvious of false alarms.
Note that the Americans did have the insecure code and the Russians did not press the button X-D
It is Petrov Day again, partially thanks to Stanislaw Petrov.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jq/926_is_petrov_day/