Cia Agents spotted launchers, missles and transport truck that showed that the sovietsare launching missiles in the U.S.
President Kennedy speakes to his members of ex-comm to find a way to respond to the threat. Then he decides to reject the attack and buy time
You are threatning us, You are no longer apealing to reason but wish to intimidate us!
Khrushchev rejects the U.S president's request. U.S send its ships to cuba. Soviet fighters who were holding millitary supplies that were heading towards there stopped in their track.
The soviet freighters turn back towards Europe but the oil tanker Bucharest enters the quarantine zone, heading straight for Cuba. The USS Essex and the USS Gearing were ready to stop it, which could have sparked war but Kennedy decides to let it pass as it does not carry any contraband.
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