Pentagon Estimated 18,500 U.S. Casualties in #Cuba Invasion 1962, But If Nukes Launched, “Heavy Losses” Expected
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Pentagon Estimated 18,500 U.S. Casualties in Cuba Invasion 1962, But If Nukes Launched, “Heavy Losses” Expected
Gen. Taylor Proposed Major Retaliation if Cubans “Foolhardy” Enough to Try to Repel U.S. Invasion with Nuclear Weapons
But Taylor Warned There Would Be “No Experience Factor Upon Which to Base an Estimate of Casualties”
Pentagon Accountants Estimated Missile Crisis Cost $165 Million Dollars, Over $1.4 Billion in Current Dollars
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 397
Posted - October 16, 2012