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How 1 Russian Submarine During the Cuban Missile Crisis Nearly Started World War III
Summary and Key Points: During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, a Soviet submarine, B-59, came dangerously close to launching a nuclear torpedo at U.S. forces due to relentless pressure ...
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Oppenheimer feared nuclear annihilation – and only a chance pause by a Soviet submariner kept it from happening in 1962
During the crisis, the Soviet Union had sent four of its Foxtrot ... Captain Valentin Savitsky’s submarine B-59 had been under prolonged harassment from an array of U.S. ships, aircraft and ...