Cuban Missile Crisis

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June 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-

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Jupiter Missiles in Turkey

The US military placed missiles in Turkey pointed at the Soviet Union (1960)

Soviet Union felt extremely threatened by this

Jupiter Missiles

Medium range missiles that could hit a target 1,500 miles away

This would take roughly 15 to 20 minutes to fuel and make ready for launch

Made by the Chrysler Corportation

Chess Game continues

Russians devise plan to counter US actions in Turkey and Italy

Communist Cuba

Soviets Counter

Soviets begin constructing of missile bases in Cuba with the capability of annihilating US cities

U-2 spy plane of the US flies over Cuba and takes photographs

Soviet Missile Installations

Fidel Castro

Approved Soviet Missile installations because the Bay of Pigs of 61’ incident could have repeated itself

Soviets were looking for a way to deter the US from attacking the Soviets

Arms Race

Ex-Comm Group

The executive committee of JFK’s advisors

Kennedy Inaction

Military Strike? Naval Quarantine? Invade Cuba?

Naval Quarantine

No ships in or around Cuba

Kennedy announces the news to the public

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Result of Cuban Missile Crisis Missiles are taken out of Cuba and

secretly Turkey United States and Soviet Union

renew peace agreement US agrees not to invade Cuba Arms Race continues with the

Soviets catching up