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    DIA Connections - Season 2 - Episode 3: Avoiding Armageddon

    DIA Connections - Season 2 - Episode 3: Avoiding Armageddon

    WASHINGTON D.C., VA, UNITED STATES

    11.05.2021

    Photo by Alexis Nera 

    Defense Intelligence Agency

    The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the greatest nuclear war threat in world history. In this episode of DIA Connections, we examine how the Defense Intelligence Agency discovered missiles in Cuba, briefed President John F. Kennedy, and then presented the evidence at the United Nations. You'll hear from a B-47 aircraft commander who was on high alert during this time, waiting to fly over Soviet air space and execute his war mission. The episode also includes an enlightening conversation with legendary news anchor Marvin Kalb, who was a CBS News foreign correspondent reporting on the crisis from Moscow. You’ll want to hear his anecdotes of drinking and sharing French pastries with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev — the man Americans believed would blow up the world.

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    Date Taken: 11.05.2021
    Date Posted: 11.05.2021 07:50
    Photo ID: 6925065
    VIRIN: 211105-O-JS520-748
    Resolution: 1400x1400
    Size: 1.15 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON D.C., VA, US

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