Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pentagon's exposition refuted beyond reasonable doubt the hysterically high estimates (up to 70,000) of Soviet military manpower in Cuba; McNamara also plucked to pieces the notion that the Russians have kept in Cuba all sorts of missiles capable of carrying nuclear devastation to the U.S. heartland...
...very thoroughness of McNamara's presentation there was positive evidence of a chilling fact: no matter that the Russians have removed their medium-and long-range nuclear missiles from Cuba, no matter that they have taken away their IL-28 bombers -they still have impressive military strength in Cuba...
...Cuba is heavily ringed with conventional antiaircraft batteries. There are at least 24 emplacements of Russian ground-to-air missiles, the SA2, with a capability of reaching 80,000 ft. into the sky. There are more than 100 MIG fighters, including at least 42 MIG-21s able to carry atomic weapons for short ranges at speeds of better than 1,000 m.p.h. Castro's Cuba also now has at least twelve "Komar" patrol boats armed with 10-to 15-nautical-mi.-range missiles that can carry atomic warheads...
Aside from all that, there are at least 17,000 Russians in Cuba. The Kennedy Administration makes a great point that this represents a decrease from the peak strength of about 22,000 reached last October; hardly mentioned is the fact that the 5,000 who left were specialists sent to handle the medium-and long-range missiles that Khrushchev pulled...
Beyond these elite combat outfits, the other 12,000 Russians in Cuba man ground-to-air missile sites, service fighter planes, maintain communications, instruct Castro's native troops...