Chronological view
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Step 13 of 14 · Sunday 28 October 1962
Khrushchev backs down
Radio Moscow broadcasts that the Soviet Union will dismantle the missiles and ship them home in return for a US pledge not to invade Cuba. The quarantine stays in place while the removal is checked.
- The removal of the Jupiter missiles from Turkey stays a secret part of the deal.
- Castro, left out of the talks, is furious.
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Submarine
- R-12 range, ~1,900 km
- R-14 range, ~4,000 km
- Quarantine line, 500 nmi
On the map
United States
- USS Essex · Anti-submarine group on the quarantine line
- USS Newport News · Quarantine force flagship
- USS Enterprise · Covering Guantánamo and the Windward Passage
Soviet Union
- Aleksandrovsk · Docked at La Isabela
- Grozny · Waiting outside the line
- B-59 · Heading home on the surface
Ship positions are approximate and show the situation of the day, not exact tracks.