Cuban Missile Crisis

• After the Bay of Pigs invasion Castro was successful appealing to Moscow for support. He asked Khrushchev for weapons to defend Cuba.

• The Russian Premier agreed to send nuclear missiles to Cuba, capable of killing millions of Americans in a matter of minutes.

• President Kennedy discovered these missiles in October of 1962.

• The chairman of the Joint Chiefs recommended a military response immediately.

DECISION: What do you do about the Russian missiles in Cuba?

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