Soviet built SAM S75 surface to air guided missile now a museum piece at Morro Castle, near Havana, Cuba.


Soviet built SAM S75 surface to air guided missile at Morro Castle, Cuba. Deployed during the Cuban Missile Crisis, an S75 shot down an American U-2 overflying Cuba flown by Rudolf Anderson on October 27, 1962, almost precipitating nuclear war


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Location: Cuba
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