Teetering on the edge: The Cuban missile crisis

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. Ryle Dwyer examines a tense fortnight when the world was on the brink of nuclear war

Teetering on the edge: The Cuban missile crisis
Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
Ryle Dwyer

ON MONDAY, Oct 15, 1962 US President John F Kennedy was presented with irrefutable proof that the Soviet Union was building a nuclear missile base in Cuba, 90 miles from America.

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