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The Cuban Missile Crisis began with a photograph.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to all-out nuclear war, and it all started with a photo.
On October 15th, 1962, Dino Brugioni, a senior analyst at the newly-formed National Photographic Interpretation Center, identified missile trailers measuring approximately 65 feet in an aerial reconnaissance photo. Those trailers were a match for the Soviet SS-4, a medium-range ballistic missile with a range that would cover a huge amount of the United States, including Washington, DC.
Upon seeing this photo, US President John F. Kennedy ordered more aerial recon flights, conducted by the CIA using the high-altitude U-2 spy plane. He used these photographs to make a plan of action about confronting the Soviet Union over their secretive installation of offensive missiles in Cuba.
 
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Thanks God in that times USA was negotiable and sane. They moved away missles from Turkey we moved away missles from Cuba.

Wasn't there another incident where a second-in-command of a damaged Soviet submarine decided not to launch missiles towards USA ??
 
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He did had a valid point after every reduction their comes a lasting peace
 
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