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Cuban Missile Crisis view detail comment email this

The National Security Agency's analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a conflict that occurred in October 1962 that almost sent the United States and the Soviet Union into nuclear war. Contains an extensive document archive of declassified files associated with the crisis and a full-length synopsis of events. This site highlights the role that signals intelligence (SIGINT) played in the crisis.
http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/cuban_missile_crisis/index.shtml
Topics: Government, Government, History, United States History

Last updated Jan 27, 2009


Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary view detail comment email this

A collection of declassified documents and other information about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes photographs, audio clips, submarine naval charts, a detailed chronology, and analyses. Also includes materials from the 40th Anniversary Conference held in Havana in 2002 and links to related news articles and publications. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/
Topics: History, Holidays and Observances Individually, International Governments, Military, United States History, Wars & Conflicts

Last updated Apr 5, 2004


Nuclear History at the National Security Archive view detail comment email this

This site has information on (and copies of many) declassified documents covering a broad range of topics. The most extensive materials are on the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is also a collection of documents on Predelegation of Authority for Nuclear Weapons Use , one on Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs), and two "electronic briefing books" - one on China and the bomb, the other on monitoring nuclear tests in other countries ( The U.S Atomic Energy Detection System (AEDS) ).
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/NC/nuchis.html
Topics: History, United States History, Weapons

Last updated Aug 8, 2001




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