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support missile development for the military and other government agencies. One of those six ranges is the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR); it occupies 3,200 square miles and is located in the Tularosa Basin, in southwest New Mexico. Each year scientists and researchers launch and test approximately 900 missiles from this range. White Sands Missile Range is the largest all land military testing range in the United States ("White Sands Missile Range and Trinity Site"). Today White Sands Missile Range

Had the Cuban Missile Crisis turned for the worse, there could have been a multitude of disastrous outcomes. Firstly, the American U2 spy plane that was shot down resulted in no retaliation in 1962, but if the U.S had fought back it could have been through a variety of methods. There have been numerous analyses of the Cuban Missile Crisis and its various aspects from where it could have turned to World War 3, to if it never even occurred. The thought of a nuclear World War 3 was valid considering

The Cuban Missile Crisis In the fall of 1962, the world sat on edge for thirteen days as the prospect of a nuclear war between the United States and The Soviet Union became more and more legitimate. In October of 1962, an American spy plane discovered nuclear missile launch sites being built by the Soviet Union in Cuba, which rests only ninety miles south of Florida. The US went on to impose a naval blockade of Cuba, making sure that no more nuclear weapons were imported into Havana (Lebow 2000)

military and political conflict between the two countries, there was a short period of time that not only put these two nations on alert put the rest of the world of a potential nuclear war. This period of time would come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which occurred from 16 to 28 October of that year. This crisis was building up due to the failed operation of overthrowing Fidel Castro with the “Bay of Pigs” and staging offensive nuclear weapons in Turkey which could strike the

the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba. America had tried to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro on numerous occasions, the Soviets who were allies with Cuba decided it was time to step in and support their comrades. In October 1962, a two week matter took place, after an American spy plane found 40 nuclear missiles installed by the Soviets, in Cuba, the event later became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Americans did not approve of these Soviet missiles, because they were 90 miles

event is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. This event was the closest to nuclear war then world has ever gotten since the US dropped the nuclear missiles on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The USSR had been shipping nuclear missiles to Cuba to deter the threat of the nuclear missiles that could hit the USSR that were in Turkey and Italy. Cuba is a repressive communist society just like the USSR, and it was close enough to the US to hit any major city with the nuclear missiles. In order to protect the USSR

The Cuban Missile Crisis was during the Cold War. Leaders from both the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a thirteen day political and military standoff. This was about the Soviet Union installation of nuclear armed missiles on Cuba. The President of the United States was John F. Kennedy during this time period. He had warned the American people of the presence of missiles on Cuba. John F. Kennedy called for a naval blockade to surround Cuba. Kennedy and the Excom determined the presence of

discovered that there were missiles in their neighboring country Cuba. The missiles stationed in Cuba, belonged to the Soviet Union. Also, the United States placed their missiles in the Soviet-neighboring country of Turkey and in the southern part of the nearby country of Italy. Kennedy and his advisers were planning to launch missiles into Soviet territory, but at the last second, he called off his top advisers and canceled the nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis is like the Crusades

The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 had put America and Canada in danger and had almost started a nuclear war. On October 15, 1962, an American spy plane took pictures of nuclear missiles being built in Cuba, these missiles were capable of hitting targets anywhere in the United States or Canada, these missiles belonged to the Soviet Union (Russia), and were too dangerous to be left alone. The missiles had been placed there after the failed mission of the Bay of Pigs, for protection. John F. Kennedy

a nerve-racking time in 1962. What happened in 1962 you may ask? The Cuban Missile Crisis. Just as the year was coming to an end an American spy plane took pictures of missiles in an island 103 miles off the coast of Florida, Cuba. Can theorize who put the missiles there? The USSR put them there because Cuba was a neighboring communist country to the US, so if the US were to do something the USSR could shoot the missiles. Mind you, these weapons are nuclear and as we should all know that is never