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Are we under as great a threat today as we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis.......?
Are we under as great a threat today as we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis for a nuclear exchange between the United States and another military superpower such as Russia or China?
7 Answers
- Anonymous5 months ago
WRONG FORUM. A question about the present doesn't belong in the history forum. try again in Military, Politics or Current Events instead.
- Sir CausticLv 75 months ago
Oh, yes. Yes, we are. Should Cuba receive another shipment of missiles lots of things could go wrong, what with the heat, and the damp, and all that.
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- oldprofLv 75 months ago
No. We came within hours of beginning WWIII. If the Soviet Union had not backed down and turned its missile loaded ship around at the last minute the US was prepared to launch a first strike. I know this because I was active duty Navy at the time and we deployed a carrier group ready to strike if ordered.
- Anonymous5 months ago
No, if we start teaching children to do 'duck and cover' drills in elementary schools, like we did when I was in first grade in 1962, then you'll know we are.
- ?Lv 45 months ago
Well so long as the threat is only "as" great, but no greater than the threat posed during the Cuban missile crisis, you have little to worry about.
