Turkey and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Arms Control Wonk

• Episode: Turkey and the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Website: Arms Control Wonk
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• Duration: 00:32:00
• Published: 2016-12-07 15:17

Aaron and Scott talk about the Fourth Player in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Turkey was the lesser-known player in the Cuban Missile Crisis, with nuclear-tipped Jupiter missiles that ranged the bulk of the western USSR and Warsaw Pact countries. The U.S. opted to pull back the Jupiters in exchange for those pesky missiles south of Florida. Turkey was not thrilled. 

Scott also sneaks in a reference to his favorite never-was missile, the Italian Alfa.