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Rumors of Missiles in Cuba
[Cuban Missile Crisis](goo.gl/a75P8)Senator Kenneth Keating tells the senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba. Keating urged Kennedy to take action. He also proposed that the OAS send an investigation team to Cuba. Although Keating sources have been unclear, it appeared that he simply made a firm declaration based on rumors and reports that so U.S. intelligence officials consider too “soft” to be definitive. A U-2 reconnaissance flight revealed the presence of SA-2 SAM (Surface-to-Air-Missile) sites. -
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Cuban missile crisis
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USA gains Photo Evidence
The United States Air Force launched a Photo reconnaissance mission. It was confirmed that soviets were building nuclear bases in Cuba. 4 nuclear launch sites were found in the one recon mission. Major Richard Heyser took 928 pictures, capturing images of what turned out to be an SS-4 construction site at San Cristóbal, Pinar del Río Province, in western Cuba. -
The notification of the President of the United States
Cuban Missile CrissisAfter the Photo evidence was returned, The CIA requested the president notified the next day.
October 16, the President was notified and met with EXCOMM for a national security conference. Bundy met with Kennedy and showed him the U-2 photographs and briefed him on the CIA's analysis of the images. At 6:30 pm EDT, Kennedy convened a meeting of the nine members of the National Security Council and five other key advisers, in a group he formally named the Executive Committ -
The air strike may not work...
Kennedy is told by General Maxwell Taylor that an air strike may not guarantee a total annihilation of the missiles in Cuba. Kennedy also takes the U.S. into Deafcon 3.Gromyko assures Kennedy that soviet Cuban aid has been only been for defncesive purposes. The Congress are now show the pictures of cuba and thier missiles. -
The Blockade
The USA decided on a blockade of Cuba to “quarantine” the Soviets from continuing their progress. B52 nuclear bombers were deployed, so that one-eighth of them were airborne all the time. That night, Oleg Penkovsky – a Western spy working in Russia – was arrested. His last message read; ‘Soviet attack imminent’. -
Missiles only for protection?
Khrushchev explained that the missiles sites were soley to defned Cuba against sttack for other contries. Also 20 russian ships were heading to russia. Tension leesons but there is still worry about the missiles. -
Russia is still at it
Russia was still building the missile bases, and Kennedy started planning a military attack on Cuba - until, at 6pm, Khrushchev sent a telegram to Kennedy, offering to dismantle the sites if Kennedy would lift the blockade and agree not to invade Cuba - the Americans comment: ‘the other fellow just blinked’. The Kennedy brothers saw the Russian ambassador, and again mentioned removing the missiles in Turkey. -
The last descision
Before Kennedy could reply, Khrushchev sent another letter, demanding that Kennedy also dismantle American missile bases in Turkey. On the same day, a U2 plane was shot down over Cuba.It looked as if war was about to happen. Kennedy ignored the plane incident. He also ignored Khrushchev’s second letter – he wrote simply that would lift the blockade and agree not to invade Cuba if Khrushchev would dismantle the missile bases. He also offered sec -
Removal of Missiles
After much deliberation between the Soviet Union and Kennedy's cabinet, Kennedy secretly agreed to remove all missiles set in southern Italy and in Turkey, the latter on the border of the Soviet Union, in exchange for Khrushchev removing all missiles in Cuba. The Cuban missile crisis occured over the span of 14-16 days. -
How close is too close?
[Cuban Missile Crisis](goo.gl/a75P8)
October 31, 1962 - It was later found out that a US ship was dropping deploy charges (underwater hand grenades) on a Soviet submarine equipped with a 15 kilo nuclear warhead. The original plan was for the Soviets to use the missile but sometime during the resurface of the submarine they decided against launching a nuclear war. This was the closest the world had ever seen to a nuclear war between any countries. -
Russia finally leaves
Ruusian bombers have finally left cuba and kennedy lifts the naval blockade. Everything goes back to the way it was and a nuclear war has been dodged. Both countries are now feel more safe since there are no longer any missiles that can treaten the homes.
