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oct 23, 1962 - Response

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Castro orders Cuban forces to prepare for invasion.
A Soviet fleet approaches the blockade.
Both sides were playing brinkmanship dangerously.
The next day, UN secretary general U Thant called for compromise: the Soviet fleet was ordere to halt and Kennedy announced DEFCON 2

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oct 23, 1962
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~ 62 years ago
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