While the U.S.' stated policy by the 1950s encouraged nuclear use only for peace, its actions suggested otherwise.
“The U.S. placed nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy aimed at Moscow which were ready to deploy at any moment. These missiles were named ‘Jupiter,' and served as the preamble to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The forward deployment of the Jupiter missile was a symbol of the American willingness to use nuclear weapons against either a Russian conventional or unconventional invasion force." - Aaron Stein, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations |
The test of a mock “Jupiter" missile in Florida, 1957.
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