Aerial Photograph of Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missile Launch Site Number One at Guanajay, Cuba
10/23/1962
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This 1962 aerial photograph shows a missile launch site, located in Guanajay, Cuba. The photo alerted the Kennedy administration to the possibility of a Soviet nuclear threat only ninety miles from Florida.
This primary source comes from the United States Department of Defense.
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193934Full Citation: Aerial Photograph of Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missile Launch Site Number One at Guanajay, Cuba; 10/23/1962; United States Department of Defense. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/aerial-photograph-of-intercontinental-range-ballistic-missile-launch-site-number-one-at-guanajay-cuba, April 23, 2024]