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Six soviet missile and jet bomber base.
JFK learnt that missile bases were being constructed - specifically, Soviet missile bases, and that these missiles were being aimed at the United States.
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The S300 missile was produced by the Soviet Union, also known as the Russian Federation. It was first deployed by the Soviet Union in 1979. It was designed for air defense of military bases among other things.
Yes they were at the time of the Cuban Missie Crisis in 1962. JFK and the Russian leader were at a standstill until the Russian leader backed down first.
President Kennedy set up a naval blockade to turn back Soviet ships that were carrying missiles to Cuba. The US promised not to invade Cuba and to remove nuclear missiles from Turkey and Europe in exchange for the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba. The US claimed, that it had already planned the Turkey missile bases.
The Soviet missiles and bomber bases in Cuba were primarily located at sites such as San Cristóbal, near the western tip of the island, and near the cities of Havana and Santiago de Cuba. The most notable site was the missile installation at San Cristóbal, which housed nuclear-armed ballistic missiles during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. These bases were strategically positioned to threaten the United States, prompting a significant international standoff.
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Project Iceworm was a secret U.S. military operation conducted in Greenland during the Cold War, specifically from the early 1960s to the 1970s. Its primary purpose was to investigate the feasibility of establishing a network of nuclear missile bases beneath the Greenland ice sheet, which would enable the U.S. to launch nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union. The project ultimately faced significant technical and logistical challenges, leading to its cancellation in the late 1960s.
The U.S. discovered the nuclear missile construction sites in Cuba through aerial reconnaissance. On October 14, 1962, a U-2 spy plane flew over Cuba and captured high-resolution photographs that revealed the presence of Soviet missile bases under construction. This intelligence prompted immediate analysis and discussions among U.S. officials, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis as tensions escalated between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.