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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.
 
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 ??
 
He did had a valid point after every reduction their comes a lasting peace
 

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