Cuban Misslile Crisis

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Source: All Pictures, Audio and Data were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the U.S. Government

U2 Spy Plane	August 29, 1962: U-2 photograph showing no construction at San Cristobal
August 29, 1962: U-2 photograph showing no construction at Guanajay.	August 29, 1962: U-2 photograph of SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM) site under construction at La Coloma
Completed SA-2 missile site showing characteristic Star of David pattern.	October 5, 1962: CIA chart of “reconnaissance objectives in Cuba.”
Inside the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), Washington D.C., 1962	September 15, 1962: photograph of the Soviet large-hatch ship Poltava on its way to Cuba.
“Crateology” – photograph of crates holding Komar guided-missile patrol boats on their way to Cuba, September 1962.	Briefing version of the crate photograph with Komar image superimposed
September 26, 1962: U-2 photograph showing surface-to-surface cruise missile (named “Kennel” by the U.S., FKR in Soviet plans) launch area at Banes.	CIA reference photograph of Soviet cruise missile in its air-launched configuration
September 28, 1962: photograph of Soviet ship Kasimov with IL-28 bomber fuselages in crates.	October 14, 1962: U-2 photograph of a truck convoy approaching a deployment of Soviet MRBMs near Los Palacios at San Cristobal. This photograph was the first one identified by NPIC on 15 October as showing Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba.
October 14, 1962: U-2 photograph of MRBM site two nautical miles away from the Los Palacios deployment – the second set of MRBMs found in Cuba. This site was subsequently named San Cristobal no. 1 (the photo is labeled 15 October for the day it was analyzed and printed).	CIA reference photograph of Soviet medium-range ballistic missile (SS-4 in U.S. documents, R-12 in Soviet documents) in Red Square, Moscow.