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Cuban Missile Crisis

R-12 missiles arrived in September

Sunday Sep 16, 1962
Cuba

The first consignment of Soviet R-12 missiles arrived on the night of September 8, followed by a second on September 16. The R-12 was a medium-range ballistic missile, capable of carrying a thermonuclear warhead.


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