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What if the Cuban/Soviet Missile launch was actually carried out?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:34 am
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:34 am
Probably the closest call the U.S. has ever had.
What if those 40 or so missiles haven't been detected by surveillance? How much potential damage could that have caused in the U.S. back then (1960s)? It's never been known (I don't think) which specific areas were targeted, but it's safe to assume it largely consisted of major cities.
What if those 40 or so missiles haven't been detected by surveillance? How much potential damage could that have caused in the U.S. back then (1960s)? It's never been known (I don't think) which specific areas were targeted, but it's safe to assume it largely consisted of major cities.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 11:43 am
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Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:35 am to Tarik One
Then we'd have had a full response and nuclear apocalypse.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:36 am to Tarik One
Either you wouldn't be born, or the radiation would frick you up so bad you'd have orange hair, 7 fingers, and 6 balls to go along with your leukemia.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 11:37 am
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:38 am to gar90
hey now, nothin wrong with orange hair
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:38 am to Tarik One
Yes, Dan Carlin is awesome and now I don't think the world will survive. 
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:43 am to Tarik One
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:30 pm to Tarik One
If, ifs and buts were candy and nuts it would be Christmas everyday!
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:40 pm to Tarik One
Cuba would've been "glassed"
I doubt it would escalate into a full war with the US and USSR though.
I doubt it would escalate into a full war with the US and USSR though.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:41 pm to Tarik One
Did Russia have thermonuclear weapons yet or were they A-bombs?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:44 pm to rmnldr
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I doubt it would escalate into a full war with the US and USSR though
It 100% would have.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:44 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Nevermind, I was thinking early 50s instead of 60s. Surely those backwards commies had stolen the technology by then.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:45 pm to Tarik One
Have you seen Book of Eli or, The Road Warrior?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 12:45 pm to Tarik One
I wouldnt have been born.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 1:23 pm to Tarik One
A much more perplexing question is how this "eyeball to eyeball and the other side blinked first" bullshite has been basically allowed to go unchallenged for 54+ years. IT WAS THE U.S. THAT F*CKING BLINKED FIRST!
Khrushchev had requested that the U.S. remove its missiles from Turkey, only this time he brought Luca Brasi with him and assured Pres. Kennedy and the U.S. that either they remove the missiles from Turkey or their brains will be all over Turkey.
And removed they were.
You can argue the extremes that which Khrushchev was willing to go to achieve his objective, but that's for another discussion.
Khrushchev 1, Kennedy 0
Khrushchev had requested that the U.S. remove its missiles from Turkey, only this time he brought Luca Brasi with him and assured Pres. Kennedy and the U.S. that either they remove the missiles from Turkey or their brains will be all over Turkey.
And removed they were.
You can argue the extremes that which Khrushchev was willing to go to achieve his objective, but that's for another discussion.
Khrushchev 1, Kennedy 0
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:39 pm to Tarik One
This dude might've saved the world.
Vice Admiral Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was one of three officers aboard the B-59, a Russian sub that was being depth-charged in an effort by the US Navy to surface her for identification.
Not knowing if war had already broken out or not, two of the three officers aboard had approved the launch of a Nuclear-tipped torpedo, but Russian Navy protocol required the approval of all three, and Arkhipov was the lone dissenter.
He was also the Captain of the infamous K-19 later portrayed by Harrison Ford the The Widowmaker.
Vice Admiral Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was one of three officers aboard the B-59, a Russian sub that was being depth-charged in an effort by the US Navy to surface her for identification.
Not knowing if war had already broken out or not, two of the three officers aboard had approved the launch of a Nuclear-tipped torpedo, but Russian Navy protocol required the approval of all three, and Arkhipov was the lone dissenter.
He was also the Captain of the infamous K-19 later portrayed by Harrison Ford the The Widowmaker.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:41 pm to Backinthe615
we had over 1000 B47 & B52 ready to strike , all with nuclear weapons. WTF do you think would happen.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:42 pm to Tarik One
I wouldn't be here. My parents lived about two miles from Barksdale AFB at the time.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:51 pm to Jim Rockford
maybe Obama would have not lifted the travel ban to Cuba.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:53 pm to Tarik One
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Probably the closest call the U.S. has ever had.
There have been a few others. We were pretty close during the Arab-Israeli war. In addition there have been some near-"accidents" on both sides. Usually over technical glitches or misinterpretation of data. One particular close call was during the eighties, when tensions were already high. During a military exercise, NATO issued a practice dispersal order for its top brass. The Soviets intercepted and interpreted it as a prelude to war. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 2:58 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
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Did Russia have thermonuclear weapons yet or were they A-bombs?
Almost a year before the Cuban Middle Crisis started the Soviets held a test of a thermonuclear device that resulted in the largest nuclear explosion in history. This test detonation of what we know as the "Czar Bomb" had a yield of over 50 megatons.
For comparative purposes, the largest device the US ever tested yielded 15 megatons.
So yes, the Soviets did have thermonuclear weapons during the Cuban Middle crisis.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 3:00 pm
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