Black Sea Port, Russia
July 1962
July 1962
At the Soviet ports, more than 85 ships was prepared to transport 60 Ballistic Missiles, Jet Aircrafts, more than 40000 men to an unknown destination. As a part of the deception plan some soldiers are even got party-wares. Even the ship captains have no idea where they are heading and what they are carrying. Before they start they got 3 packets, to be opened as mentioned each of them. In the first was written 'to be opened after leaving the territorial water of Soviet Union', which was leading to the cross the European water. The second one was directing them to the cross the Gibraltar, through the Atlantic ocean. Once they cross the state of Gibraltar, the third and last packet which had the straight order to reach safe to Havana, Cuba. Everything become clear.
Clear but not easy. As the ship approach Caribbean water, they were closely observed by American aircrafts. The US have reason to be suspicious. From 1961 onwards US has made different plans to full-scale American Invasion in Cuba, codenamed as 'Off-land 360'. Flying-low than 200 feet American Navy aircrafts photographed the ship cargo. Before 2-3 days to Cuba, there are several photographic raids by the American reconnaissances aircrafts.
US National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) assessed these photographs as arms-aid to Cuba, Fighter Jets, Tanks, Trucks etc etc. But none of these photographs or analysis leads to the presence of Nuclear weapons or missiles. The Russian team has orders to move or work only in the night hours, especially in the early morning hours, around 0300 hrs. Moving during those hours keeps the missiles secret from the surveillance eyes of the Americans. But keeping these operations secret from the Cuban citizen was more difficult than that. Moreover the transportation of a 30 meter long missile in a truck through a Cuban village is hectic.
Once the Soviet Military has landed and associated, even in a very difficult as well as poor living and operating conditions like insect-bites and health conditions, they started the assembling jobs. But 12000 feet above, the American U2 spy aircrafts were watching the entire activities, not only in the strategic areas but also into each nuke & corner. U2 can see literally anything on ground, small vehicle, men, Tyre-tracks, from 14 miles above. But from August 1962, for 3 weeks, U2 over-flights are put on hold because of clouding and bad weather and the assembly and consealing of Soviet Missile-sites continued unobserved.
August 29, on a clear sky, a U2 has ordered for surveillance watch-fly over the Cuba. The NPIC analyzed that the results of this mission was indicating some troubles. There were 'Circled Star' strategic sites spotted in the Cuban land, which clearly indicates the presence of Soviet Surface to Air Missile (SAM) sites. The Soviet SA2 SAMs are highly sophisticated and capable to shoot down even small satellites.
Even though the US National Military Command Center (NMCC) analyzed several problems, but there some problems, which are very critical like, No. 1 the SA2 can shoot down a U2 within seconds and No. 2 is like 'for just to protect a possible Air-Raid from an US bomber unit, Soviets won't install these sophisticated weapons'. So there are something bigger and much powerful things are out there. But the Nuclear weapons as well as its activities are too well hidden. The missiles which are all operational was in ditches, Missile Silos, more than 30 meter depth and the top kept like a tent. So over the top, even to a U2 view, it just look like an ordinary tent.
Until the next U2 operational flight over Cuba on October 14, the US - Soviet situations are like cross road. The Americans are ready and was training for a full-scale Cuban invasion. They know that there are something happening in the Cuban soil, but not known exactly what it is. This surveillance flight on 0700 hours has finished after 6 hours and the data has rushed to the NPIC.
After a long scrutiny of these pictures, the NPIC has found that there are long cylindrical shaped objects moving around, more than 100 meter long, much bigger than intercept missiles. Through a deep strategic analysis and comparison, the NPIC has determined that they are certainly matching the configurations of a Soviet SS4, Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) with Nuclear Warheads, range more than 2000 miles, can take Pentagon in Washington DC and in the other side, the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska, and even the entire South-Eastern United States within minutes.
The NPIC director, Deno Brusioni has messaged to the authorities of NMCC as 'There is a trouble'.
Without even knowing that it was not the real trouble !
Once the Soviet Military has landed and associated, even in a very difficult as well as poor living and operating conditions like insect-bites and health conditions, they started the assembling jobs. But 12000 feet above, the American U2 spy aircrafts were watching the entire activities, not only in the strategic areas but also into each nuke & corner. U2 can see literally anything on ground, small vehicle, men, Tyre-tracks, from 14 miles above. But from August 1962, for 3 weeks, U2 over-flights are put on hold because of clouding and bad weather and the assembly and consealing of Soviet Missile-sites continued unobserved.
August 29, on a clear sky, a U2 has ordered for surveillance watch-fly over the Cuba. The NPIC analyzed that the results of this mission was indicating some troubles. There were 'Circled Star' strategic sites spotted in the Cuban land, which clearly indicates the presence of Soviet Surface to Air Missile (SAM) sites. The Soviet SA2 SAMs are highly sophisticated and capable to shoot down even small satellites.
Even though the US National Military Command Center (NMCC) analyzed several problems, but there some problems, which are very critical like, No. 1 the SA2 can shoot down a U2 within seconds and No. 2 is like 'for just to protect a possible Air-Raid from an US bomber unit, Soviets won't install these sophisticated weapons'. So there are something bigger and much powerful things are out there. But the Nuclear weapons as well as its activities are too well hidden. The missiles which are all operational was in ditches, Missile Silos, more than 30 meter depth and the top kept like a tent. So over the top, even to a U2 view, it just look like an ordinary tent.
Until the next U2 operational flight over Cuba on October 14, the US - Soviet situations are like cross road. The Americans are ready and was training for a full-scale Cuban invasion. They know that there are something happening in the Cuban soil, but not known exactly what it is. This surveillance flight on 0700 hours has finished after 6 hours and the data has rushed to the NPIC.
After a long scrutiny of these pictures, the NPIC has found that there are long cylindrical shaped objects moving around, more than 100 meter long, much bigger than intercept missiles. Through a deep strategic analysis and comparison, the NPIC has determined that they are certainly matching the configurations of a Soviet SS4, Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) with Nuclear Warheads, range more than 2000 miles, can take Pentagon in Washington DC and in the other side, the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska, and even the entire South-Eastern United States within minutes.
The NPIC director, Deno Brusioni has messaged to the authorities of NMCC as 'There is a trouble'.
Without even knowing that it was not the real trouble !
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