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January 24, 2018

Day 9 Cuban Missile Crisis – Blockade starts and low altitude flybys over Cuba

Filed under: Americas, History, Military, Russia, USA — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

TimeGhost
Published on 23 Nov 2017

On October 24, 1962 the US led blockade on Cuba goes into effect, but it’s not the be the showdown that it looks like! In the same time the US Navy starts flying RF8 Crusader reconnaissance jets 400 feet over the missile sites on Cuba, to see what’s really going on. As the jets roar over the heads of the Cuban and Soviet soldiers, the crisis deepens.

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  2. Day 6 Cuban Missile Crisis – Mr. President did you say blockade, or invade Cuba?
  3. Day 2 Cuban Missile Crisis – Preparing to Invade Cuba
  4. Day 7 Cuban Missile Crisis – USA announces a blockade on Cuba
  5. Day 3 Cuban Missile Crisis – The Soviet Nuclear Forces on Cuba

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