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  2. Cuban Missile Crisis - Wikipedia

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    Universal Newsreel about the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, romanized: Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy ...

  3. Operation Ortsac - Wikipedia

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    The name was derived from then Cuban President Fidel Castro by spelling his surname backwards.. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, upon discovery of SS-4 missiles being assembled in Cuba, the U.S. Government considered several options including a blockade (an act of war under international law, so it was called a "quarantine"), an airstrike, or a military strike against the Cuban missile positions.

  4. File:The relative ranges of the IL-28, SS-4, and SS-5 ...

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    This file, which was originally posted to Defense Intelligence Digest: Special Historical Edition (29 September 2011,) Chapter: The Cuban Missile crisis, October 1962, page 1., was reviewed on 3 December 2013 by reviewer Natuur12, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.

  5. Today in History: Cuban Missile Crisis - AOL

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    The entire world watched with bated breath to see if this moment was the tipping point for World War III.

  6. Are Russian warships in Havana a flashback to the Cuban ... - AOL

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    In the wake of the Cuban missile crisis the Soviet Union removed the planes from Cuba. This photo was published in The Miami Herald December 7, 1962. ... starting with a naval blockade of Cuba ...

  7. Falling Leaves (radar network) - Wikipedia

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    Falling Leaves was an improvised ballistic missile early warning system of the United States Air Force.It was set up during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and networked 3 existing U.S. radars—2 Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS) radars and an Aircraft Control and Warning general surveillance radar which was modified by Sperry Corporation to 1,500 mi (2,400 km) range, allowing ...

  8. Leadership and decision making: The Cuban Missile Crisis ...

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    The 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis is a time for reflections on leadership and decision making.

  9. Soviet submarine B-59 - Wikipedia

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    Soviet submarine B-59 (Russian: Б-59) was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy. B-59 was stationed near Cuba during the 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 and was pursued and harassed by US Navy vessels.