NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis

PRELUDE

The

Cuban

Missile

Crisis

of

October

1962

was

one

of

the

turning

points

of

the

Cold

War

between

the

United

States

and

the

Soviet

Union.

At

that

time

the

two

superpowers

came

close

to

war,

possibly

with

nuclear

weapons; after

it,

both

countries

began

to

seek

ways

to

adjust

to

each

other,

in

particular,

to

prevent

the

use

of

nuclear

weapons.

The

events

of

the

Cuban

Missile Crisis demonstrated

the

maturity

of

the

U.S.

intelligence

community,

especially

in

its

ability

to

collect

and

analyze

information.

The

crucial

roles

of

human

intelligence

(HUM~NT)

and

photographic

intelligence

IPHOTINT)

in

the

Cuban

Missile

Crisis

have

been

known

from ...