Cuban Missile Crisis, San Cristobál IV

Cuba / Pinar del Rio / Candelaria /
 military, missile
Site of one of the nine missile bases constructed by the Soviet Union during the so-called Cuban Missile Crisis in the fall of 1962. The Photo shows the Main Nuclear Warhead Storage.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_missile_crisis
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Coordinates:   22°47'30"N   82°58'31"W

Comments

  • San Cristobál IV launch site (Cuba, 1962) (22 47 45N, 82 58 40W):
  • In that time it was no crisis in USSR at all (i remember that time). It was only crisis for USA, because if from cuba launch an missile, there was not left any reaction time for USAF.
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