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Could Trump apply JFK’s Cuban missile crisis playbook to Iran?
At a decisive moment in the Cuban missile crisis, when some top officials were urging John F. Kennedy to bomb Soviet military ...
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When the Missiles Left Cuba
Some missiles were already in Cuba, along with surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles and the technicians to launch them (see “Cuba During the Missile Crisis,” p. 32). Kennedy was quarantining ...
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The First Recipient of the Air Force Cross Was the Only Casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis
It would be his last. As he flew over Banes, Cuba, his aircraft was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-built Dvina surface-to-air missile (SAM). The fragmentation shredded his high-altitude pressure suit.
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Houthis fired surface-to-air missiles at US fighter jets in first attack of its kind
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired surface-to-air missiles at a US fighter jet over the Red Sea in the first attack of its kind, Fox News reported Saturday. U.S. military officials are describing the ...
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60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, Russia's threats reignite Cold War fears
When President Biden compared Russia's nuclear threat against Ukraine to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, it highlighted just how much that Cold War showdown continues to shape our collective psyche.
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Surface-to-air missiles are getting a workout in the Ukraine war — and not just shooting down enemy missiles and aircraft
Surface-to-air missiles have been critical defensive weapons in the war in Ukraine. But reports show both Russia and Ukraine are also using SAMs to hit land targets. Both sides have repurposed ...