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