These Are The Soviet Targets That The U.S. Had Planned To Strike During The Cuban Missile Crisis

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Sputnik: Cuban Missile Crisis: Secret Map Shows Soviet Units US Planned to Strike

The map, an artifact from one of the most dangerous days in human history, has been put on sale by a Boston-based auction company.

The 55x21" map, dated October 27, 1962, shows the US Air Force targets of Soviet military facilities, including bases for MiG fighters and bombers, surface-to-air missiles, cruise missile and nuclear storage sites, as well as Komar-class missile boat moorings at locations across Cuba, from San Antonio de los Banos to Santa Clara, Camaguey, Banes, and Punta Gerardo.

Citing Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, RR Auction Company, the map's seller, says that President Kennedy "pored over this map before deciding to delay the attack." Kennedy gave the map to McNamara after the crisis passed, calling it the "victory map."

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WNU Editor:  I can only say thank God this did not happen.