Aftermath

    Superpowers still had to hammer out terms of agreement. Castro tried to halt removal and inspection but backs down with the help of the U.N. Bombers are removed begining on November 20^th. on November 21^st Kennedy ends the quarantine and decreases military alert to DEFCON 4. The U.S. had underestimated the Soviet Union and Cuba forces, casualties would have been much higher than expeted. EX-COMM was unaware of tactacle nuclear weapons in Cuba which field commanders were authorized to use if necessary. Communication between Washington D.C. and Moscow took seven hours and this alone could have caused an escalation of the crisis and maybe even nuclear war. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdPqU4KCdZY>