Cuban Missile Crisis?

[the_cat_in_the_hat]

Hi, umm I need to do a presentation about the Cuban Missile Crisis...
So my question is: Has anybody done a report about this topic?
I'm a lazy bum and it would be nice not to work that much...
I dont wanna copy it! Its just to get an idea how to do this crap---

[Hocky27]

It was Kennedys fault. People were saying it might have been WW3. Thats all i know.

[the_cat_in_the_hat]

it might have been WW3. Thats all i know.

I know that much

[AspirinE]

he Cuban Missile Crisis was a very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The period of greatest danger started on October 16, 1962, when U.S. reconnaissance was shown to U.S. president John F. Kennedy which revealed evidence for Soviet nuclear missile installations in Cuba, and lasted for 13 days until October 28, 1962, when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced the installations would be dismantled. It is regarded as the moment when the Cold War was closest to turning into a nuclear war. Russians refer to the event as the "Caribbean Crisis," while Cubans refer to it as the "October Crisis.

The Cuban Revolution

The revolution in Cuba was the second time a country had become communist without significant military or political intervention from the USSR, China being the first. As such, it was hugely symbolic to Soviet leaders - particularly Nikita Khrushchev. The Soviet leader regarded the defense of the communist island as critical to the international standing of the USSR and of communist ideology.

It is likely that Khrushchev believed that deployment of missiles in Cuba would protect the island from a second American invasion that he regarded as inevitable following the Bay of Pigs Invasion debacle of 1961. A significant military deployment of highly-prized weapons would also demonstrate the importance of the Soviet-Cuban alliance to Castro, who had requested physical evidence of Soviet support for the island.
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U.S. missile sites in Turkey

In 1961, the U.S. started deploying 15 Jupiter IRBM (intermediate-range ballistic missiles) nuclear missiles near Izmir, Turkey, which directly threatened cities in the western sections of the Soviet Union. These missiles were regarded by President John F. Kennedy as being of questionable strategic value; a nuclear submarine was capable of providing the same cover with both stealth and superior firepower. In the late 1950's missile technology was well developed in the field of medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs), as opposed to ICBMs which could not be kept in a state of readiness at all times.

MRBMs represented only a small portion of the total American nuclear arsenal, but still much larger than the U.S.S.R.'s. Soviet strategists realized that some nuclear equality could be efficiently reached by placing missiles in Cuba. Soviet MRBMs on Cuban soil, with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 statute miles), could threaten Washington, DC and around half of the U.S. SAC bases (of nuclear-armed bombers), with a flight time of under twenty minutes. In addition, the U.S.'s radar warning systems oriented toward USSR would have provided little warning of a launch from Cuba.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had publicly expressed his anger at the Turkish deployment, and regarded the missiles as a personal affront. The deployment of missiles in Cuba - the first time Soviet missiles were moved outside the USSR - is commonly seen as Khrushchev's direct response to the Turkish missiles.
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Missile Deployment

Khrushchev devised the deployment plan in May of 1962, and by late July over sixty Soviet ships were en-route to Cuba, some of them already carrying military material. John McCone, director of the CIA, warned President Kennedy that some of the ships were probably carrying missiles; however, a meeting with John and Robert Kennedy, Dean Rusk, and Robert McNamara decided that the Soviets would not try such a thing. Kennedy's administration had received repeated claims from Soviet diplomats that there were no missiles in Cuba, nor any plans to place any, and that the Soviets were not interested in starting an international drama that might impact the US elections in November.
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The U-2 flights
Picture of one of the Soviet missile sites in Cuba.
Enlarge
Picture of one of the Soviet missile sites in Cuba.

A U-2 flight in late August photographed a new series of SAM sites being constructed, but on September 4, 1962 Kennedy told Congress that there were no offensive missiles in Cuba. On the night of September 8, the first consignment of SS-4 MRBMs was unloaded in Havana, and a second shipload arrived on September 16. The Soviets were building nine sites

[Ivy]

he Cuban Missile Crisis was a very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The period of greatest danger started on October 16, 1962, when U.S. reconnaissance was shown to U.S. president John F. Kennedy which revealed evidence for Soviet nuclear missile installations in Cuba, and lasted for 13 days until October 28, 1962, when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced the installations would be dismantled. It is regarded as the moment when the Cold War was closest to turning into a nuclear war. Russians refer to the event as the "Caribbean Crisis," while Cubans refer to it as the "October Crisis.

The Cuban Revolution

The revolution in Cuba was the second time a country had become communist without significant military or political intervention from the USSR, China being the first. As such, it was hugely symbolic to Soviet leaders - particularly Nikita Khrushchev. The Soviet leader regarded the defense of the communist island as critical to the international standing of the USSR and of communist ideology.

It is likely that Khrushchev believed that deployment of missiles in Cuba would protect the island from a second American invasion that he regarded as inevitable following the Bay of Pigs Invasion debacle of 1961. A significant military deployment of highly-prized weapons would also demonstrate the importance of the Soviet-Cuban alliance to Castro, who had requested physical evidence of Soviet support for the island.
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U.S. missile sites in Turkey

In 1961, the U.S. started deploying 15 Jupiter IRBM (intermediate-range ballistic missiles) nuclear missiles near Izmir, Turkey, which directly threatened cities in the western sections of the Soviet Union. These missiles were regarded by President John F. Kennedy as being of questionable strategic value; a nuclear submarine was capable of providing the same cover with both stealth and superior firepower. In the late 1950's missile technology was well developed in the field of medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs), as opposed to ICBMs which could not be kept in a state of readiness at all times.

MRBMs represented only a small portion of the total American nuclear arsenal, but still much larger than the U.S.S.R.'s. Soviet strategists realized that some nuclear equality could be efficiently reached by placing missiles in Cuba. Soviet MRBMs on Cuban soil, with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 statute miles), could threaten Washington, DC and around half of the U.S. SAC bases (of nuclear-armed bombers), with a flight time of under twenty minutes. In addition, the U.S.'s radar warning systems oriented toward USSR would have provided little warning of a launch from Cuba.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had publicly expressed his anger at the Turkish deployment, and regarded the missiles as a personal affront. The deployment of missiles in Cuba - the first time Soviet missiles were moved outside the USSR - is commonly seen as Khrushchev's direct response to the Turkish missiles.
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Missile Deployment

Khrushchev devised the deployment plan in May of 1962, and by late July over sixty Soviet ships were en-route to Cuba, some of them already carrying military material. John McCone, director of the CIA, warned President Kennedy that some of the ships were probably carrying missiles; however, a meeting with John and Robert Kennedy, Dean Rusk, and Robert McNamara decided that the Soviets would not try such a thing. Kennedy's administration had received repeated claims from Soviet diplomats that there were no missiles in Cuba, nor any plans to place any, and that the Soviets were not interested in starting an international drama that might impact the US elections in November.
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The U-2 flights
Picture of one of the Soviet missile sites in Cuba.
Enlarge
Picture of one of the Soviet missile sites in Cuba.

A U-2 flight in late August photographed a new series of SAM sites being constructed, but on September 4, 1962 Kennedy told Congress that there were no offensive missiles in Cuba. On the night of September 8, the first consignment of SS-4 MRBMs was unloaded in Havana, and a second shipload arrived on September 16. The Soviets were building nine sites

[AspirinE]

lol yeah

wikedapedia is the best source.

wat i do is usually take their articles , then rephrase them, thats straight "A" for real

[Ivy]

lol yeah

wikedapedia is the best source.

wat i do is usually take their articles , then rephrase them, thats straight "A" for real

I do the same thing, they have anything and everything about a subject on that site, it's kind of "scary".