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Routine (routine meaning part of the cold war) US Reconnaissance flights over Cuba took photographs. Routine study of the photos revealed missile sites (locations). Photos were sent up the chain of command. Intelligence affirmed they were nukes. Commander in Chief notified. Orders were issued from that point.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoPresident Kennedy admitted to lack of missile gap unlike Eisenhower. He said that the US was way ahead of the Soviets in the developing missiles. This made Khrushchev (The Soviet leader) look bad. And this angers Cuba a lot especially, after our failed attempt with the Bay of Pigs. Castro starts to buddy up with the Soviets a lot more. Khrushchev doesn't want to see the US take Cuba down. So he offers to arm Castro with weapons. The US had the Soviet Union surrounded with missile sites and the Soviets wanted at least one site near the US. If they could get Cuba they would have their "one place". A U2 planes discovered installation sites being built in Cuba by the soviets. Kennedy called together the National Security Council, DOD, etc. to discuss what to do with this. We came up with three options. 1)Invade Cuba-Bay of pigs was a failure. 2) Air Strike- were afraid if we did do that ,t hey would shoot our planes3) Leave it alone. No one was really satisfied with those three option so we decided to Quarantine AKA Blockade Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis scared everyone to death; we were on the verge of nuclear war. In 1963 the US and the Soviet Union Signed a nuclear Test Ban Treaty which banned the testing of atomic weapons. A hotline was also set up between Moscow and Washington D.C.
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What century did the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962
What do the Cubans call the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The missile crisis
What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
The President who resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis was?
President Kennedy is credited with resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.President John F. Kennedy
Who faced the Cuban missile crisis?
The country that faced the missile crisis was the United States.
What century did the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962
What do the Cubans call the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The missile crisis
What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs or Cuban missile crisis which was worse?
Cuban missile crisis, because it almost killed us.
The President who resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis was?
President Kennedy is credited with resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.President John F. Kennedy
Who Cuban missile crisis?
the U.S.
Was there a Missile Crisis in Newfoundland in 1962?
No. The "documentary" was parodying the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Who faced the Cuban missile crisis?
The country that faced the missile crisis was the United States.
Did Roger Hilsman fight in the Cuban missile crisis?
No, no one "fought" in the Cuban missile crisis. He was an Assistant Secretary of State at the time.
What was the central issue of the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban Missle Crisis was done in 1984
What were the names of the leaders of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F Kennedy was the president of the US at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The united states and the soviet union came very close to nuclear war during the?
Cuban Missile Crisis
