Chronological view
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Step 4 of 14 · Friday 19 October 1962
The Joint Chiefs push for an air strike
The Joint Chiefs of Staff argue for bombing the missile sites, followed by an invasion. Kennedy leaves for a campaign trip while the ExComm keeps debating.
- Four Soviet Foxtrot submarines are heading for the Caribbean.
- Navy planners draft a blockade plan.
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Submarine
- R-12 range, ~1,900 km
- R-14 range, ~4,000 km
On the map
United States
- USS Essex · Norfolk, Virginia
- USS Newport News · Norfolk, Virginia
- USS Enterprise · Off Key West
Soviet Union
- Aleksandrovsk · Carrying nuclear warheads
- Kimovsk · Carrying R-14 missiles
- Yuri Gagarin
- Poltava
- B-59 · Foxtrot submarine with a nuclear torpedo
- B-130 · Foxtrot submarine
Ship positions are approximate and show the situation of the day, not exact tracks.