Intercontinental ballistic missile

everything there to launch ballistic missiles into the US. The US could not tolerate the existence of the first strike capability in Cuba, which would give the Soviets full superiority in case of an armed conflict. This was also critical for JFK politically given the fact that just a month later elections of the House of Representatives were to happen. Given that JFK was a democrat, hat could hit the political image of all democrats as being soft on communism by allowing missiles on Cuba.…

Union in all facets, he was able to give the order for removal of the weapons from Cuba without question. Despite argument from Castro and silent disagreement from his military leadership, the order to dismantle the weapons was carried out and the missile crisis…

The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban missile crisis was a thirteen day military and nuclear standoff of the government of America and the Soviet Union and Cuba. The standoff began on the day of October 16, 1962 when a low flying spy plane called a U2 took pictures of soviet missile launch sites in Cuba 90 miles south of Florida. The whole world was worried because of the Soviets the world was on the brink of nuclear war and not just between the US and Soviet Union. This crisis almost caused a…

intelligence officers in Washington discover that Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear ballistic missiles in Cuba. Missiles launched on these bases can hit from Lima, Peru to…

The Cuban missile crisis is a outcome of the cold war when tensions were high between USSR and the United States. Shortly after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista the former leader of Cuba in 1959 Fidel Castro took power over Cuba. Eventually Fidel Castro made Cuba under communist society. Since the USSR is communist as well, the Cuban relationship with USSR grew immensely. With high tensions with the Soviets during the cold war, the U.S. did not want Fidel Castro to rule over Cuba. In…

Korea developed their missile technology from reverse-engineering Soviet Scud-type missiles that they acquired from Egypt in the early 1980s (Moniz). As for their nuclear program, “PyongYang received Moscow’s help from the late 1950s to the 1980s: it helped build a nuclear research reactor, provided missile designs, light-water reactors, and some nuclear fuel.” (Albert). Furthermore, Russian missile experts were present in North Korea in the 1990s and reports of Soviet missile transfers to North…

xplosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Bomb Technicians. Their job is to limit damage to people and property by rendering safe or disposing of unexploded, unfired or fired ordnance (Conventional, nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological). They respond to IED’s, UXO’s (unexploded ordnance) from wars past, clear bombing ranges and much more. Composition C Composition C (C4) is the standard HE (high explosive) for the military. One block of M112 C4 weighs 1.25 pounds and has a TNT equivalent…

000 nuclear warheads. The term warhead refers to the explosive and toxic material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, or torpedo. More than 90 percent belong to Russia and the United States. Approximately 10,000 warheads are in the military service, with the rest awaiting approval. United States and Russia still deploy more than 1,500 strategic warheads on several hundred bombers and missiles. There is considered to be five nuclear-weapon states. Those five consist of the United States,…

control to the arms race. The very first SALT treaty was signed in May of 1972. Its purpose was: a limit on the deployment of strategic weapons with a range of 6,000 miles or more. Included in this were the intercontinental bomber forces (ICBM’s) and the submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). SALT treaty number one did not make a dent for either sides arsenal. It only placed a…

During the cold war, many other countries were involved besides the United States and the Soviet Union. There were also wars happening during the cold war in other countries, such as the Korean war and the Vietnam war. In the article “Cold War,” it was said that the Soviets and Americans had very clear goals when helping different types of countries. The Soviets were preserving Communist rule in countries in Eastern Europe and backing up North Korea, while the Americans were helping and…