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17 de jun. de 2019 · SPL/Getty Images. The Cuban Missile Crisis was among the most frightening events of the Cold War. The 13-day showdown brought the world’s two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war. In the...
- Maj. Rudolf Anderson
On October 27, 1962, U-2 pilot Rudolf Anderson Jr. was shot...
- Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the...
- Maj. Rudolf Anderson
6 de may. de 2024 · Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
Timeline of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Monday, October 15. A U-2 reconnaissance aircraft reveals several SS-4 nuclear missiles in Cuba. Tuesday, October 16. Crisis begins: President Kennedy convenes his Executive Committee to consider America's options. Wednesday, October 17.
The crisis lasted from 16 to 28 October 1962. The confrontation is widely considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into full-scale nuclear war. [5] In 1961, the US government put Jupiter nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey.
In October 1962, US U-2 spy plane flights over Cuban territory revealed the missile installation sites. This discovery inaugurated what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The strategic implications of these weapons were enormous: the missiles could easily reach targets in the United States, including New York City and Washington, D.C.
7 de oct. de 2012 · Analysis from the National Photographic Interpretation Center confirmed the existence of Soviet missile sites in Cuba. The photographic analysis also reveals that the Soviets were placing intermediate-range IL-28 bombers in Cuba, capable of carrying nuclear bombs to the U.S.
