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Turning point · The Cold War, 1945–1991
The missile sites
14 Oct 1962 — A U-2 photographs Soviet medium-range missiles at San Cristóbal — launchers that could reach Washington in minutes. The thirteen days begin.
This is one scene of Chapter 6 — Cuba: To the Brink in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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