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An American high-flying reconnaissance spyplane, the U-2, flies over Cuban airspace, spotting Soviet SS-5 nuclear missiles on Cuban launchpads.
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Ex-Comm, a group of political leaders, met and started discussing possible methods of reaction. The ideas at the time were an air strike with an accompanying invasion or a naval quaratine with the threat of military action.
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President JFK starts moving American troops to the Southern US. Additionall U-2 flights reveal more missile sites and 32 more nuclear missiles
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Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko visits President Kennedy. Gromyko claims that the missiles are for defensive purposes only, but Kennedy does not reveal how much he knows about the missiles.
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President Kennedy and his advisors decide that the best course of action would be to set up a naval quaratine.
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President JFK reveals the missiles to the public. He also states, on live TV, that they have set up a naval quaratine and are preparing for the removal of the missiles.
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The US Ambassador presents the situation to the United Nations. The fleet moves into place to create a naval quaratine. President Kennedy asks Premier Nikita Khrushchev to stop all Soviet ships bound for Cuba.
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Premier Nikita Khrushchev sends a letter to President Kennedy stating that he will not give in to these demands.
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The president authorizes more reconnaissance flights over Cuban airspace.
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Khrushchev writes to Kennedy. He agrees to remove the missiles if the US removes the naval quaratine and promises not to invade Cuba .
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Khrushchev also demands the removal of nuclear missiles in Turkey in a follow-up letter to the one he sent on October 26. Kennedy agrees.
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Khrushchev accepts Kennedy's demands. Kennedy gives a public statement about how Cuba will not be invaded and the quaratine removed.
