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U.S. Veterans Reveal 1962 Nuclear Close Call Dodged in Okinawa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Ota Masakatsu  and
Steve Rabson
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Ota Masakatsu's horrifying account of an erroneous order to launch nuclear missiles in Okinawa during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 raises the possibility that, despite the U.S. military's vehement denials, a nuclear war could start by accident. While much discussion has centered on the Cuban Missile Crisis spinning out of control into nuclear war, the latest revelations link 1950s Okinawa as yet another site in which the possession of U.S. nuclear weapons came close to bringing nuclear holocaust.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 13 , March 2015 , e2
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