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We also did not know that Cuba housed missles from Russia during the crisis. We also did not know to the extent that Cuba's leadership explicitly did have plans
by latency-guy2 3y ago
We also did not know that Cuba housed missles from Russia during the crisis. We also did not know to the extent that Cuba's leadership explicitly did have plans to strike the US alongside their Soviet allies.
It took until 1992 for what appears to be the truth to be discovered, 3 decades with far more people involved in the process, and a much darker outcome than a man being assassinated.
- dekhn 3y agoThe us had credible satellite evidence of soviets building housings for nuclear warheads in Cuba during and before the crisis. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm (perhaps I misunderstand your argument; 1992 was when our knowledge was formally confirmed, IIUC)
- latency-guy2 3y agoWe did not know the missles were already physically on Cuba. We thought we had successfully blocked transport. See McNamara's recollection of that meeting in 1992.