NUCLEAR STRIKES

Where might the Cuban missiles have landed?

TARGET: FLORIDA Troops in South Florida were poised for action as the Crisis intensified. Local soldier Henry Mack recalls these 13 days as “the loneliest of his life”, primed to launch a nuclear missile if any incoming aircraft failed to respond properly to a challenge. Thankfully, he never had to push the button! TARGET: WASHINGTON DC The political centre of the USA, Washington is home to both the White House and the Pentagon. A new exhibition of documents pertaining to the Crisis was opened in the city in 2012. TARGET: TORONTO The Cuban missiles could have reached Toronto, but Canada’s role in the Cold War was often slightly different to the USA’s. Several of its prime ministers advocated peacekeeping, diplomacy and support for non-NATO allied nations, rather than the USA’s…

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