Quote by James T. Patterson

“By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Eisenhower’s test ban had failed, and the United States and the Soviet Union had both returned…

— Annie Jacobsen

The U.S's first ballistic missile test was a complete disaster. The Atlas Missile Program, which began in the early 1950s, attempted its first ballistic…

— Will Hurd

“fact, there was no such thing at that time—or later—as a "missile gap," a phrase that Democrats and others flung at the GOP during…

— James T. Patterson

What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.…

— Noam Chomsky

“The Soviets had ... built an early warning radar system with computer linkages using a primitive kind of AI code-named Oko. On September 26,…

— James Rickards

“September 27, President Bush addressed the nation, saying, “The prospect of a Soviet invasion into Western Europe, launched with little or no warning, is…

— Garrett M. Graff

“again concluded that the Soviet Union “with a high degree of confidence” could kill the president, vice president, and all fourteen remaining successors within…

— Garrett M. Graff

Who would have thought when they came to the fight? That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite.

— Muhammad Ali

“With the launch of Sputnik 7 in 1957 the Soviet Union had scored the first victory in what would be a three–decade space race.…

— Jeffrey Richelson

“Korsakov turned away, sighing heavily as he made his way toward his SUV. It had been the early winter of 1997, a dark night…

— Stephen England

“Kennedy, who had campaigned strongly on the “Missile Gap” issue, soon discovered as president that the Soviet Union didn’t have the 500 missiles feared—it…

— Garrett M. Graff

Now, as far as I know, nobody has ever put up the U.S.'s nuclear missiles on the Internet. I mean, it's not something I've…

— Aaron Swartz