presentations:
cuban missile crisis:
US started to build missile bases in turkey and italy
soviet union began putting missile bases in cuba within attacking rage of the US
JFK responded by forming EX-COMM- group of ppl designated to handle the situation at hand
kennedy then decided to form a naval blockade around the island of cuba
US demanded that the soviet union dismantle the bases in exchange of the US agreeing not to invade cuba
then the US and USSR get rid of the bases
US attempted to invade cuba in 1961- fail
fidel castro was confident that the us would attempt a second attack
khurshchev of the USSR proposed the idea
october 1962- fear of nuclear war
US was ready to attack cuba if anything were to happen
if anyone was to make a wrong move, a nuclear war would start
many thought that thousands would die but only one died in combat and eleven others from aircraft crashes
krushchev wrote letters to kennedy warning him that they had nuclear weapons ready
october 15- images were revealed
october 16- jfk was informed
october 22- jfk announced that there were missle bases
october 28- krushchev began to dismantle the bases- ending the crisis
we secretly pledged not to invade cuba
ronald reagan's strategic defense initiative:
march 23, 1983- develop and anti-ballistic missile system
thought to protect us from missle attacks on other countries, especially the soviet union
it was our response to predict nuclear attacks from other countries
many were against it
thought that it would take a lot of money
thought that it would anger the soviet union more
thought that we wouldn't have enough room to set up research for it
needed nuclear X-ray lasers, projectiles, electromagnetic rail guns, and subatomic beams
weapons required a lot of space
much power needed
a lot of money
planned on intercepting ballistic missiles as they were firing in the air
strategic defense initiative organization was established
laser and mirror experiments were done
many was raised to donate
plan failed at that time-
ideas were too far fetched
designs of the plan were close to impossible to create
not enough space was created and lazers couldn't be used
MDA- missile defense agency has taken reagan's challenge to develop anti-ballistic missile technologies
protects the US
ballistic missile defense system continues to advance
architecture of the system includes sensors, ground and sea based radars
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