Intelligence Imagery and the Cuban Missiles Crisis
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Description: Illustrated site from the Federation of American Scientists focuses on the role of overhead photography in identifying the missile sites in Cuba. Site also includes edited CIA documents and links to other sites.
In the fall of 1962, there were unconfirmed reports that the Soviets were installing intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba. Imagery from satellites and high flying U-2 airplanes, provided incontrovertible proof that the rumors were true. The resulting confrontation between Soviet Premier Khrushchev and US President John F. Kennedy in October 1962 brought the world to the brink of war.
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| Page title: | IMINT - Cuba |
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| IP-address: | 208.85.144.199 |