Word: mig
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...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...
...inevitable parade and even more inevitable speech. The parade at least was better than usual, if less fun: gone were the baggy pants and nonchalant waves to bystanders. Now it was all crisp creases, steel helmets and eyes staring mechanically front. As tight arrowhead formations of Soviet-built MIG jets thundered overhead, Cubans got their first glimpse of Russian missiles: the bulky surface-to-surface variety carried by coastal patrol boats, and the grey, sharp-nosed SA-2 antiaircraft rockets that presumably shot down a U-2 reconnaissance plane two months ago. As the missiles rolled by a Cuban...
...More than 100 MIG jet fighters, including 39 supersonic, late-model MIG 21s. At the time of the Cuban crisis in October, Castro had only two or three MIG...
...sure that Russia has removed its offensive weapons from Castroland. Moreover, intelligence reports from Cuba insisted that Russian troops in division strength were still in Cuba, now helping Castro to build up his defenses by extending airstrips, constructing underground bunker systems, gasoline and munitions depots and camouflage networks for MIG-17 and MIG-21 jet fighters. The construction of facilities for new "fishing ports"-meaning submarine bases-continues...
Clinging to the idea that if Russia aids India, it will not supply China, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru played up the Soviet promise to send MIG jet fighters to the Indian air force. When Britain's Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys suggested in London that chances of delivery seemed slim, Nehru retorted tartly that he had "authoritative information" that the MIGs would be Delivered...