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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, these methods were used to detect and prove that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba which were pointed at the US, as well as an additional shipment on the way. Once the cat was out of the bag, so to speak, these same methods were used to capture the ship turning around and heading back to the USSR - nuclear war averted.

The Cuban Missile Crisis itself was not exposed by these methods, however the captured images exposed the truth behind the questionable Soviet activity in Cuba and in the Pacific.

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