Military Build Up In Cuba

Question 1

What did Khrushchev continue to do ?

Answer 1

Send military supplies to scuba throughout 1962
Soviet technicians began installing ballistic missiles

Question 2

How could Khrushchev defend his actions ?

Answer 2

Any weapones being sent to Cuba were justified as they could defend Cubs from any offensives by the US

Question 3

When did the dynamic change ?

Answer 3

14 October 1962
- a U2 spy plane photographed Cuba which showed soviet intermediate range missile bases being constructed
- they could be operation by November
- the IRBM stationed there had potential to hit US cities and thus posed a serious threat to the country’s security