Cuban Missile Crisis: Black Saturday, Agreement, and Lessons Learned
When the sun rose over the Eastern Time Zone on Oct. 27, 1962, the events that would almost cause a …
Military History
P-51 Mustang’s Switch to Merlin Engine Made it the World-beater of World War II
Even experts on World War II don’t always remember hearing about an American fighter named the XP-78.
But almost every …
Destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Pulled Highly Visible Duty During the Cuban Missile Crisis
When the U.S. Navy implemented President John F. Kennedy‘s quarantine of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, one warship in …
DIVAD Wasn’t a ‘Cure All,’ After All
At the height of the Cold War in the late 1970s, the U.S. Army wanted a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Three Ts – Talos, Terrier, and Tartar
For me, the story of the U.S. Navy’s journey to achieve effective fleet air defense is a personal one – …
Cuban Missile Crisis: Consensus, Announcement and DEFCON-2
The two weeks following the discovery of a Soviet R-12/SS-4 Sandal Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) regiment in Western Cuba …
U-2 Pilot Maj. Rudy Anderson: The Only American Killed During the Cuban Missile Crisis
An American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft high over Cuba took photos of Soviet missile sites capable of launching nuclear warheads at …
Cuban Missile Crisis Anniversary: Discovery
From the moment the first ships of the Anadyr deployment fleet left their moorings, they sailed straight into a network …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Getting Surface-to-Air Missile Development Started
While the U.S. Navy has enjoyed unprecedented success in developing surface-to-air missiles for fleet air defense the path to success …
Convoy SL-125: Sacrificial Lamb For Operation Torch?
“This is the only time I have been congratulated for losing ships. . . .”
– Cdre. Cecil Reyne, commander …