Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Studies in Intelligence Vol. 46 No. 1 (2002). Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis Learning from the Past James H. Hansen Moscow's surreptitious dispatch of nuclear-capable SS-4 and SS-5. surface-to-surface missiles to Cuba in 1962 upset the strategic balance in an alarming The resulting showdown which the Russians call the "Caribbean Crisis " and the Cubans call the "October Crisis " brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. From its inception, the Soviet Missile operation entailed elaborate denial and Deception (D&D) efforts. The craft of denying the United States information on the deployment of the missiles and deceiving US policymakers about the Soviet Union's intent was the foundation of Nikita Khrushchev's audacious Cuban venture.

Cuban Missile Crisis Learning from the Past James H. Hansen Moscow's surreptitious dispatch of nuclear-capable SS-4 and SS-5 surface-to-surface missiles to Cuba in 1962 upset the strategic balance in an alarming way. The resulting showdown—which the Russians call the "Caribbean Crisis" and the Cubans call the "October Crisis"— brought the

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