Cuba Missile crisis
1962
Alina Kontareva
Ph-51
Outline
U.S.A. nuclear deployment
USSR responds
Timeline of the crisis
U.S. Nuclear Deployment throughout the World
July,1954 - the Japanese island of Okinawa
February-September,1956 -islands of Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima
August, 1956, Italy, Corporal and Honest John (M31) "tactical" nuclear missiles
U.S. Nuclear Deployment throughout the World
June, 1956 - Puerto Rico, 150 miles from Cuba
February, 1959 – Turkey
January,1958 - the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China/SU)
USSR respondsAugust,1957 tests the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) - the R-7
March 4, 1959 deploys first R-12 MRBM (SS-4)
Total number of nuclear missiles: USA 5,828; USSR 650
Timeline (October 15-29, 1962)
Monday, October 15: SS-4 nuclear missiles in Cuba from the USSR
Tuesday, October 16: Kennedy meets ExCom
Timeline (October 15-29, 1962)
Wednesday, October 17 - Friday, October 19: Kennedy meets with Andrey Gromyko, who denies the presence of weaponry
Friday, October 19: Kennedy meets with Robert McNamara, and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Timeline (October 15-29, 1962)
Saturday, October 20:Kennedy meets with ExComm
. Sunday, October 21: U-2 discovered bombers and cruise missile sites along Cuba's northern shores, decision of a naval blockade of Cuba
Timeline (October 15-29, 1962)
Monday, October 22: Castro mobilizes all of Cuba's military forces
Tuesday, October 23: Soviet missiles are poised for launch
Timeline (October 15-29, 1962)Wednesday, October 24: Soviet ships reach the quarantine line
Thursday, October 25: Adlai Stevenson confronts the Soviets at the UN, DEFCON 2 is set
Friday, October 26: Khrushchev promises to remove missiles
Timeline (October 15-29, 1962)
Saturday, October 27: Khrushchev: in addition to a public promise not to invade Cuba, the U.S. remove its missiles from Turkey.
Sunday, October 28: Khrushchev announces the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba. The crisis is over.
References
http://www.playground.ru/articles/cubanmissilecrisis/
http://marxists.nigilist.ru/history/cuba/subject/missile-crisis/ch03.htm
www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=17006
Cuba Missile crisis
1962
Alina Kontareva
Ph-51