Posted on 10/23/2021 3:55:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
And the down side was?
Oooh B-58
4 J-79’s IIRC
Kennedy and the democrats stole the election, same as with Biden today.
The consequences were millions killed and enslaved back then and going forward.
Today we have the democrats locking us down and killing with vaccines.
“All out war with Russia in 1962 would have left New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and other East Coast urban areas (and Europe) in ruins.”
And, the down side?
Just checked FR and you beat the hell out of me with that......
GMTA...
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Scary and a well written articles It confirms what some of us. who were involved, felt and were afraid to say anything.
Below is the scary reality during the Cuban Missile Crisis that only a few knew about:
The Time a Single Soviet Officer Averted a Nuclear War!
A single man refused to bow to pressure and saved us all from Armageddon~!
In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviets began moving nuclear missiles into Cuba. When the Americans found out, it triggered a diplomatic and military crisis on an unprecedented scale.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to full-scale nuclear war, and for a brief moment, only one man stood between the world and nuclear annihilation.
His name was Vasili Arkhipov, and an excellently animated video tells his story.
The story starts a year before, when the U.S. tried to stage a coup in Cuba to oust the newly elected Fidel Castro. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failure and an embarrassment for the American government.
In response, Cuba asked the now emboldened Soviets for assistance. The U.S.S.R. began sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. When the U.S. found out, it set up a blockade. The Soviets viewed this as an act of aggression, and diplomatic ties between the two countries began to break down. Nuclear war was looking more and more likely every day.
In this environment of heightened tensions, a group of U.S. Navy ships located a Soviet submarine in the waters off Cuba. The Navy ships dropped a depth charge to force the sub to the surface. The sub, the Soviet B-59, was too deep to receive any radio communications, and the crew suspected that war had already broken out.
The captain, Valentin Savitsky, decided to launch the sub’s nuclear torpedo toward the U.S. ships. Launching the torpedo required the unanimous vote of the three senior officers: the captain, the ship’s political officer Ivan Maslennikov, and the first officer, Vasili Arkhipov.
Both Captain Savitsky and Maslennikov voted to launch the torpedo, but Arkhipov did not. An intense argument broke out among the three men, but Arkhipov managed to convince Savitsky to surface.
This action likely averted a nuclear war. In the end, Arkhipov’s actions allowed the U.S. to negotiate peace with the Soviets and end the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Source: Ted-Ed via Digg
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a23074/cuban-missile-crisis-video/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov
Vasili Arkhipov
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For a World War II Hero of the Soviet Union, see Vasili Sergeyevich Arkhipov.
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov
Vasili Arkhipov.jpg
Native name
Born 30 January 1926
Zvorkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died 19 August 1998 (aged 72)
Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Service/branch Soviet Navy
Years of service 1945–1980s
Rank RAF N F7VicAdm since 2010par.svg Vice Admiral< Died in 1998.
Battles/wars
World War II
Cuban Missile Crisis
Awards
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
Future of Life Award
“All out war with Russia in 1962 would have left New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and other East Coast urban areas (and Europe) in ruins.
There would have been no VietNam protests, no “Summer of Love”, no “sexual revolition”, no Watergate, no Iranian hostage crisis, no women’s liberation, no AIDS outbreak, no Bill Gates, no 9/11.”
Aaaaannnnd the problem with that would’ve beeeennnnnnnn....?
If he hadn’t been shot, he would have gone down as a very mediocre President. Death is always a good career move.
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