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Cuban Missile Crisis: The Missiles

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

It is 50 years since the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Witness hears from a Cuban who found himself caught up in events as the Soviet missiles were moved into place.

(Photo: US-taken aerial view of a Soviet Medium Range Ballistic Missile site on Cuba. Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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9 minutes

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Mon 29 Oct 201202:50GMT

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  • Mon 22 Oct 201208:50GMT
  • Mon 22 Oct 201215:50GMT
  • Tue 23 Oct 201202:50GMT
  • Mon 29 Oct 201202:50GMT

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