A ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1962, Kennedy ya yi magana da Amurka ta hanyar rediyo da talabijin game da tsarin rushewar Soviet R-12 da ke yankin Caribbean. Jiragen ruwa sun bar Cuba a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba zuwa 9. Amurka ta yi bincike na karshe na gani yayin da kowane jirgi ya wuce layin toshewa. An bukaci karin kokarin diflomasiyya don cire 'yan bindigar Soviet Il-28, kuma an loda su a kan jiragen ruwa uku a ranar 5 da 6 ga Disamba.
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