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Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war as the two Super Powers stared each other down over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviets.
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There had to be a hot line between us so we would be alerted if, at any point, war was announced. We would be called into the war for sure so we had to know when it would happen.
Why were the people kicked out of Cuba by Castro during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba did not have the prisons necessary to house his unwanted people; so he let them go elsewhere.
What happened in Cuba in the 1800's?
* 1844 Uprising of slaves * 1866-1878 First war of Cuban independence * 1879 Second uprising * 1886 Slavery is abolished * 1895 Resumption of independence war * 1898 Sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
* 1898 Invasion of Guantanamo Bay * 1898 Paris' Treaty of Peace ends the Spanish-American War
Exactly how did the bay of pigs invasion in Cuba end?
it ended with the U.S backing out and leaving the exiles
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Why didn't the US overthrow Castro?
Castro took charge of Cuba in 1959. The US tried to invade and overthrow Castro's government in the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion; the country repelled the US forces. Cuba had become allies with the Soviet Union in 1959, and after the failed US invasion attempt, the Soviet Union and Cuba agreed to secretly station nuclear missiles in Cuba. The US was already experiencing tension with the Soviet Union; if they attacked Cuba again, the Soviet Union/Cuba would react by initiating war via the missiles. The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the US to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and after the removal of the missiles was negotiated, the US backed down because they didn't want tensions to heighten again. This happened during the Cold War, which started in 1947 and didn't end until 1991. The embargo set up by the US against Cuba in 1962 is still in effect today; other US interactions with Cuba have been minimal.
There were actually a series of events during 1793 and 1794 that could be termed crisis situations. The French tried to get the new nation of the United States to enter in the war against Great Britain. There was a rebellion in western Pennsylvania known as the Whiskey Rebellion which had to do with the payment of taxes by the farmers to the government. Indians were attempting to block US westward settlement in the Ohio Valley area and relations between the US and Great Britain were on the verge of breaking. MrV
In the Cuban Revolution what was the results in the end?
Castro's Communist Dictatorship & Cuba's economic disaster
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p.s. that question would have been easier to read if you used commas.
Did The U.S. Navy blockaded Cuba to prevent delivery of Soviet missiles?
Yes - as part of the "Cuban Missile Crisis", JFK decided to order a "quarantine" of Cuba to prevent more missiles from being shipped there. It wasn't officially designated a "blockade" because, by international law, a "blockade" is considered an act of war. In reality, this was just a semantic ruse because what was done was effectively a blockade. The blockade officially began when it was announced by Kennedy in a speech on October 22, 1962. The U.S. Government announced the end of the blockade effective at 6:45 pm EST on November 20, 1962 after inspecting aircraft and ships that were leaving Cuba carrying the subject missiles and support equipment.
How do you abort a nuclear missile in flight?
this information you are seeking is classified so you need a security clearance to gain this information and nobody with this knowledge will answer a classified question on a Q and A site.
To the best of my knowledge, this cannot be done; no "destruct code" can be sent, once launched an ICBM, IRBM, or SLBM is entirely on its own and will guide itself to its target. This is done for security reasons to prevent an enemy from stealing the codes and disabling our missiles. There is a device called a PAL in each nuclear weapon to prevent it from being armed/launched, but it is classified (as the first poster stated) and you would need a Top Secret-Q clearance, have "need to know", and sign a 25 year or longer NDA to gain access to such documents. Anyone having had such access could not discuss them on the net, or anywhere else, until their NDAs expired (and they still might have to contact their security officer to see what they could disclose even then).
Some declassified information on early 1960s PALs is available on the net (I've seen it) as these types of PALs are obsolete and have been replaced with better ones, but I'll leave it up to you to find them if you really have the interest. Also a FOIA request or MDR request might get you some highly redacted documents, eventually.
Who was the Leader of Soviet Union during Bay of Pigs the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Did the US really start the Cuban Missile Crisis?
That's a "chicken or the egg" question. The events began to unfold when it was discovered the Soviets had built missile launching sites in Cuba. Then a Soviet freighter was discovered steaming to Cuba with what appeared to missiles on deck. Only then, did the US decided to set up a blockade to stop the freighter's arrival, which precipitated the show down between Kennedy and Kruschev. So I would say the Soviets started it.
Who were the historical personalities involved and their roles in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
* Nikita Kruchev of the USSR. * Fidel Castro of Cuba. * John and Robert Kennedy of the US.
it might have been Rafiek George.
