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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,915 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2024, 06:44 AM Oct 25

On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN.

UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts Soviet counterpart Valerian Zorin with photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba—when Zorin won’t say whether missiles are there, Stevenson says, “I am prepared to wait for an answer until hell freezes over, if that’s your decision!”—tomorrow 1962:

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Wed Oct 25, 2023: On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN.

Tue Oct 25, 2022: On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN.

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On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 25 OP

McNamara Later Revealed That MrWowWow Oct 25 #1

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1. McNamara Later Revealed That

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 07:28 AM

Oct 25

the missiles were nuke-tipped and ready to launch.

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Robert McNamara eventually acknowledged that the Soviet missiles stationed in Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis were armed with nuclear warheads. This admission came years later, during a 1992 conference in Havana marking the 30th anniversary of the crisis. It was a significant revelation since, at the time, the U.S. government had not known that some of the Soviet missiles in Cuba were already armed and ready to fire, heightening the risk of nuclear confrontation far beyond what the U.S. initially realized.

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