History of the USS Enterprise
On Sunday USS Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. after its final deployment.…
Ringside at the Missile Crisis
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W. Anderson Jr. was part of the inner circle of military officers advising President…
Soviet Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis from Nikita Khrushchev’s Son
Sergei Khrushchev is the son of Nikita Khrushchev, the premier of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He…
The Soviet Navy’s Caribbean Outpost
Naval History Magazine, October 2012 After ‘defeat’ in 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis forestalled a massive Soviet military buildup in the…
‘Mister President, the Navy Will Not Let You Down’
Naval History Magazine October, 2012 From manning quarantine lines to flying reconnaissance missions to preparing for an invasion, the U.S.…
The Forgotten Missiles of the Cuban Missile Crisis
On Oct. 25 1962 two unarmed and unescorted Navy photo-reconnaissance jets were speeding over the Cuban landscape on their way…
Looking Back — Enterprise at 50
Naval History, October 2012 During World War II, the war-ship that made the largest contribution to victory in the Pacific…