Mid Noon, October 25th
Nearly 60 Strategic Air Command aircrafts loaded with Nuclear Weapons, were ready to fly anytime anywhere. During October 25th, 26th the US strategic command center remains in DefCon 2. But suddenly the inbound Soviet Ships and Submarines were stopped. Now the world was looking into White House and the xCom understood that the convoy is backing towards the reverse directions. But very soon the Soviet Nuclear Submarine commander got a surprising order to be in stationary about a 100 miles away from the American territorial water. It seems like they don't want to start a war on this stage, as Kennedy also thinks, but they are not backing.
The tension is alive. If there is war particularly a nuclear war, the Strategic Air Command derived one particular nuclear scenario, a Total Nuclear Commitment, known as a Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP). It envision to send every American Nuclear Weapon, in aircraft, missiles, submarines, not only to USSR but to the entire communist world. Even the ultimate launch authority may Kennedy or Khrushchev, but right after the same the entire nuclear arsenal, in the form of a bomb, or a missile, is going to land in the hands of generals and commandants. These weapons can be released without further following orders, as a part of strategic defense or attacks. One single nuclear detonation can quickly explode to a global nuclear devastation. It was a very dangerous situation, a nervous breakdown or even a crazy captain can make a nuclear holocaust.
In Cuba, although further Soviet Convoys are stopped through the Navel Blockade, but all the landed 136 nuclear warheads are rumbling and all the SS4 missile regiments are operational. Soviet launch captains has received orders to increase the launch readiness to just 2 hours from the previous 5 hours time. The launch vehicles are increased their patrolling intervals and nuclear warheads for the stationary launch sites are bringing closer to the launch pads.
But the U2 over-flights were continuing and the Soviets were not acting against them. The Cuban forces got agitated about the continues violation of the Cuban Airspace. They started shooting the US reconnaissance aircrafts. The US has sent F15 fighters to protect U2 missions. F15s are fighters as well as bombers and the message was clear 'You shoot, I blow you'. The crisis has escalated to the next level.
When the crisis escalates a new hope of a diplomatic solution came from an unlike resource. ABC reported John Squally met to a Soviet Diplomat called Alexander Fiklisoff, at the Occidental restaurant in Washington DC. As John explained the scenario and possible solution, he put-up a proposal in front of Alexander, as if the entire Soviet Nuclear Arsenal had carried out from the American Subcontinent, the Navel blockade as well as the invasion plans will be dropped and terminated permanently. As he was explaining them are proposals from the higher authorities, Alexander has interrupted about that. Surprisingly John Squally had admitted that it is directly from the President itself. It was a direct blog from the White House. In return from Moscow, President Khrushchev wrote an emotional letter to Kennedy to end the crisis and appreciate the options. But there was some point-mismatching. There were no acceptance tone rather just an appreciation.
2100 hours, 26th of September, in the evening the letter has received to White House and after 12 hours 0900 hours of 27th of September, the xCom gathered in the War Room. The letter from Khrushchev presented to the President as a News Room Bulletin. The interpretation was like USSR is ready withdraw all it Nuclear Missiles from Cuba, that if US withdraw its Jupiter Missiles from Turkey. But Defense Secretary was not accepting that point. As he read in between Moscow didn't ask for that. President was in a mind-set that may be another letter from Moscow may come with further more clear demands.
Unless there are clear initiative from US, from the diplomatic level, Soviets keeps the ball in their court.
But there were something warming up, something real danger...
Nearly 60 Strategic Air Command aircrafts loaded with Nuclear Weapons, were ready to fly anytime anywhere. During October 25th, 26th the US strategic command center remains in DefCon 2. But suddenly the inbound Soviet Ships and Submarines were stopped. Now the world was looking into White House and the xCom understood that the convoy is backing towards the reverse directions. But very soon the Soviet Nuclear Submarine commander got a surprising order to be in stationary about a 100 miles away from the American territorial water. It seems like they don't want to start a war on this stage, as Kennedy also thinks, but they are not backing.
The tension is alive. If there is war particularly a nuclear war, the Strategic Air Command derived one particular nuclear scenario, a Total Nuclear Commitment, known as a Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP). It envision to send every American Nuclear Weapon, in aircraft, missiles, submarines, not only to USSR but to the entire communist world. Even the ultimate launch authority may Kennedy or Khrushchev, but right after the same the entire nuclear arsenal, in the form of a bomb, or a missile, is going to land in the hands of generals and commandants. These weapons can be released without further following orders, as a part of strategic defense or attacks. One single nuclear detonation can quickly explode to a global nuclear devastation. It was a very dangerous situation, a nervous breakdown or even a crazy captain can make a nuclear holocaust.
In Cuba, although further Soviet Convoys are stopped through the Navel Blockade, but all the landed 136 nuclear warheads are rumbling and all the SS4 missile regiments are operational. Soviet launch captains has received orders to increase the launch readiness to just 2 hours from the previous 5 hours time. The launch vehicles are increased their patrolling intervals and nuclear warheads for the stationary launch sites are bringing closer to the launch pads.
But the U2 over-flights were continuing and the Soviets were not acting against them. The Cuban forces got agitated about the continues violation of the Cuban Airspace. They started shooting the US reconnaissance aircrafts. The US has sent F15 fighters to protect U2 missions. F15s are fighters as well as bombers and the message was clear 'You shoot, I blow you'. The crisis has escalated to the next level.
When the crisis escalates a new hope of a diplomatic solution came from an unlike resource. ABC reported John Squally met to a Soviet Diplomat called Alexander Fiklisoff, at the Occidental restaurant in Washington DC. As John explained the scenario and possible solution, he put-up a proposal in front of Alexander, as if the entire Soviet Nuclear Arsenal had carried out from the American Subcontinent, the Navel blockade as well as the invasion plans will be dropped and terminated permanently. As he was explaining them are proposals from the higher authorities, Alexander has interrupted about that. Surprisingly John Squally had admitted that it is directly from the President itself. It was a direct blog from the White House. In return from Moscow, President Khrushchev wrote an emotional letter to Kennedy to end the crisis and appreciate the options. But there was some point-mismatching. There were no acceptance tone rather just an appreciation.
2100 hours, 26th of September, in the evening the letter has received to White House and after 12 hours 0900 hours of 27th of September, the xCom gathered in the War Room. The letter from Khrushchev presented to the President as a News Room Bulletin. The interpretation was like USSR is ready withdraw all it Nuclear Missiles from Cuba, that if US withdraw its Jupiter Missiles from Turkey. But Defense Secretary was not accepting that point. As he read in between Moscow didn't ask for that. President was in a mind-set that may be another letter from Moscow may come with further more clear demands.
Unless there are clear initiative from US, from the diplomatic level, Soviets keeps the ball in their court.
But there were something warming up, something real danger...
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