In October 1962, the world held its breath as Soviet missiles were discovered in Cuba - just 100 miles from the U.S.

Some missiles were already in Cuba, along with surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles and the technicians to launch them (see “Cuba During the Missile Crisis,” p. 32). Kennedy was quarantining ...

It would be his last. As he flew over Banes, Cuba, his aircraft was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-built Dvina surface-to-air missile (SAM). The fragmentation shredded his high-altitude pressure suit.

When President Biden compared Russia's nuclear threat against Ukraine to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, it highlighted just how much that Cold War showdown continues to shape our collective psyche.

The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile, or ASRAAM, has been successfully reconfigured to function as a surface-to-air missile. Air Commodore Blythe Crawford, Commandant for the UK’s Air and ...

and carrying surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, among other weapons systems. En route to Cuba, the Russian warships conducted drills in the Atlantic, the Russian Ministry of Defense ...

Major Emmett Tullia, callsign “Stroke 3,” famously dodged six surface-to-air missiles without functioning countermeasures, showcasing the intense physical and mental strain pilots endured.