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Missiles spotted
The u2 plane spots missles in Cuba. They start to decide what to do -
Bases
They start to set up bases around Cuba. It is found that 16-32 misses are in Cuba. -
Defense only
Jfk goes and and he talks to the soviets and they say that the misses in Cuba are only defensive and pose no real threat. -
Advice
Kennedy goes and his advisers discuss this topic. -
Speech
He goes back and prepares a speech to notify the American people of this crisis. -
Air strike
The president is informed that an air strike wouldn't destroy all the missles. -
NSC briefing
Kennedy briefs the NSC and they discuss how else they could stop Cuba -
Navel fleet
Kennedy sets up a naval fleet to not let any ships in or out of cuba -
Aggression
Kennedy gets a letter from the soviet leader stating that setting up the fleet was a sign of aggression. -
Peace letter
Kennedy writes a letter to the soviets to destroy the missiles in Cuba and if they do the us will back off -
Sub attacks
A soviet sub is about to to blow up an American ship but they don't do it -
Shot down
A u2 plane is shot down by the soviets and our misses are discovered in turkey and we agree to destroy them if the soviets. Destroy theirs. -
Peace ensues
We destroy our missiles and the soviets destroy theirs
