The Evenrs Of The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1

How does Kennedy react ?

Answer 1

He set up a committee of twelve advisors including his brother Robert
They discussed various options open to the USA on how to deal with the threat

Question 2

What were the five options discussed ?

Answer 2

• bomb Cuba and the Soviet Union using nuclear missiles
• invade Cuba
• use an air strike to destroy the missile bases
• blockade Cuba
• do nothing

Question 3

As the crisis mounted what military decisions where taken ?

Answer 3

1. place a naval blockade around cubs to prevent soviet delivers of arms
   - it stretched 3,300 km around Cuba
2. Fleet of Polaris submarines made ready for action
3. 156 ICBMs were made ready for combat
4. Airforce bombers put on patrol
5. Hundreds of thousands US troops out on standby and high readiness

Question 4

What did Kenedy do the 22 October ?

Answer 4

Addressed the people of the USA about the blockade