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Cuban Missile Crisis

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This Is How The US Military Would Have Invaded Cuba In 1962

michael peck, the national interest
History

A Soviet Nuclear Torpedo, An American Destroyer, And The Cuban Missile Crisis

Republic F-105D-30-RE Thunderchief (SN 62-4234) in flight with a full bomb load of M117 750 lb bombs. Normally drop tanks were carried on the inboard wing pylons. This aircraft was shot down on 24 December 1968 over Laos.

This Is How The US Military Would Have Invaded Cuba In 1962

michael peck, the national interest

Soviet submarine B-59 with a U.S. Navy helicopter overhead in Oct. 1962.

A Soviet Nuclear Torpedo, An American Destroyer, And The Cuban Missile Crisis

A former naval officer recalls how nuclear Armageddon almost started at sea in October 1962.

Gary Slaughter, author of “Sea Stories: A Memoir of a Naval Officer (1956-1967)”