First Pics by Spy Plane of Russian Missiles in Cuba

One of the first images of missile bases under construction shown to President Kennedy on the morning of October 16.

October 14, 1962: U-2 photograph of a truck convoy approaching a deployment of Soviet MRBMs near Los Palacios at San Cristobal. This photograph was the first one identified by NPIC on October 15 as showing Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba.

October 14, 1962: U-2 photograph of MRBM site two nautical miles away from the Los Palacios deployment—the second set of MRBMs found in Cuba. This site was subsequently named San Cristobal no. 1 (the photo is labeled October 15 for the day it was analyzed and printed).

Map of the western hemisphere showing the full range of the nuclear missiles under construction in Cuba, used during the secret meetings on the Cuban crisis.

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Source 1: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/29153-oct-14-first-u-2-photographs-soviet-missiles-cuba-1962

Source 2: https://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/oct16/