Sono trascorsi 60 anni ...
… usni.org … The Submarines of October …
… usni.org … Task Force 135 On Course for Cuba …
Ricordi della crisi di Cuba ...
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… thebulletin.org … “Midnight is upon us”- the Cuban Missile Crisis as seen at the time, in one person’s words …
… thebulletin.org … “Midnight is upon us”- the Cuban Missile Crisis as seen at the time, in one person’s words …
Re: Ricordi della crisi di Cuba ...
Il ruolo pressoché sconosciuto che, in occasione della Crisi di Cuba, ebbe una particolare versione da ricognizione del bombardiere strategico supersonico Convair B-58 ...
… thedrive.com/the-war-zone … The Convair RB-58 Recce Hustler’s Short But Fascinating Career …It was during the Cuban Missile Crisis, with the two superpowers teetering on the brink of nuclear conflict, that Peeping Tom flew its only operational mission - as far as is known - in its Quick Check configuration.
On October 30, 1962, a joint Convair and General Dynamics crew took the specially modified Hustler along Cuba’s northern coast, its AN/APS-73 mapping the terrain of the Caribbean island, now home to Soviet R-12 medium-range ballistic missile (MRBMs), R-14 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), as well as cruise missiles, and Il-28 Beagle jet bombers.
All were capable of delivering nuclear payloads against U.S. targets.
“The AN/APS-73 was effective in providing detailed, all-weather terrain mapping at supersonic speeds over an 80-mile range, and the Cuba flight was duly performed at high speed,” Davies writes.
“The results achieved with the pod proved to be better at subsonic speeds, however.”
Re: Ricordi della crisi di Cuba ...
Nel 1983 vi fu una crisi che rischiò di far precipitare il mondo in una guerra nucleare fra Stati Uniti e Unione Sovietica.
E, con tutta probabilità, fu assai più pericolosa di quella del 1962 ...
… airandspaceforces.com … The Near Nuclear War of 1983 …
Per saperne di più ... "1983 - Reagan, Andropov and a World on the Brink" di Taylor Downing (2018) ... (Da Capo Press - Hachette Book Group) ...
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E, con tutta probabilità, fu assai più pericolosa di quella del 1962 ...
… airandspaceforces.com … The Near Nuclear War of 1983 …
Per saperne di più ... "1983 - Reagan, Andropov and a World on the Brink" di Taylor Downing (2018) ... (Da Capo Press - Hachette Book Group) ...
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