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  2. List of missiles by country - Wikipedia

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    This list of missiles by country displays the names of missiles in order of the country where they originate (were developed), with the countries listed alphabetically and annotated with their continent (and defence alliance, if applicable). In cases where multiple nations have developed or produced a missile, it is listed under each ...

  3. List of equipment of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

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    Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes S-75 Dvina: Surface-to-air missile Soviet Union: 1000 [22] INS S-125 Neva: Surface-to-air missile Soviet Union: 144 [22] INS 2K12 Kub: Surface-to-air missile Soviet Union: 12 [22] INS 9K31 Strela-1: Surface-to-air missile Soviet Union: 60 [22] INS 9K33 Osa: Surface-to-air missile Soviet Union: 16 [22 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of intercontinental ballistic missiles - Wikipedia

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    Trident missile launch at sea from a Royal Navy Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine The U.S. Navy currently has 18 Ohio -class submarines deployed, of which 14 are designated SSBNs and armed with 24 [ citation needed ] Trident II SLBMs each, for a total of 288 Trident II missiles equipped with 1,152 MIRV nuclear warheads.

  6. R-12 Dvina - Wikipedia

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    The R-12 rocket provided the Soviet Union with the capability to attack targets at medium ranges with a megaton-class thermonuclear warhead and constituted the bulk of the Soviet offensive missile threat to Western Europe. Deployments of the R-12 missile in Cuba caused the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. A total of 2335 missiles were produced ...

  7. List of military operations - Wikipedia

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    It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62. Anadyr (1962) — Cuban-Soviet plan to base nuclear weapons in Cuba; the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kama (1962) — Soviet plan to forward-base seven Soviet ballistic missile submarines in Mariel, Cuba (part of Anadyr)

  8. Comparison of ICBMs - Wikipedia

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    Name Operator Manufacturer Max range Missile mass Payload Status First flight MIRV Mobility Accuracy 1 RS-28 Sarmat: Russia: State Rocket Center Makeyev: 18,000 km 208,100 kg [1] [2] 10,000 kg, [2] 10x 1 Mt Active 2018 Yes Silo: N/A 2 BZhRK Barguzin: Russia: Votkinsk: 12,600 km 45,000–50,000 kg N/A Inactive N/A Yes Railroad N/A 3 R-36M2 ...

  9. 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.