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Artifacts Commemorate CIA’s Role in Cuban Missile Crisis

October marks the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a landmark Cold War confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union and Cuba. The CIA’s Museum holds several artifacts that provide a glimpse into this milestone in Agency history.

On October 14, 1962, a U2 reconnaissance plane photographed Soviet nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) bases in Cuba—fewer than 100 miles from the US shore.

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