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American U-2 flights identify three Soviet SS-5 missile sites in Cuba 50 years ago today (1962)


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(Wednesday, October 17, 1962, day two of the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — American U-2 flights identified the first of three Soviet SS-5 missile sites in Cuba today. Continue reading American U-2 flights identify three Soviet SS-5 missile sites in Cuba 50 years ago today (1962)