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Slideshow - 3D CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

On October 14th, 1962 an American U2 reconnaissance jet takes pictures of what look like Soviet Missiles in Cuba. The next day the pictures were shown to President Kennedy. Follow the Cuban Missile Crisis through these archival photographs.

U2 Spy Plane

The U-2 plane that took photographs of the missile sites in Cuba. Photo courtesy of Dino Brugioni.