NEWSRemembering the Cuban missile crisisAn anti-tank missile deployed during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis is displayed at Morro Cabana military park on Oct. 11 in Havana. Fifty years ago, in October 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ordered a secret deployment of nuclear missiles to Cuba that were detected by U.S. spy aircraft.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoCuban President Fidel Castro gives a speech on Oct. 22, 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis. U.S. officials determined that the Soviet missiles on Cuba were capable of hitting targets in the United States.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoA U.S. official shows aerial photographs of a Cuban medium-range missile base to the members of the United Nations Security Council. President Kennedy demanded the Soviet Union remove the missiles from the island.AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial photo of a Cuban medium-range missile base in Cuba.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoA U.S. reconnaissance photo taken in October 1962 shows Cuban medium-range missile bases.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoThe wreckage of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft shot down during the 1962 missile crisis in Holguin, Cuba.Archivo Nacional Via AFP/Getty ImagesCuban leader Fidel Castro, right, inspects an artillery unit during the 1962 missile crisis.Granma Via AFP/Getty ImagesCuban leader Fidel Castro, center, speaks with the crew of a field artillery battery in October 1962.Granma File Photo Via AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Kennedy signs an order initiating a naval blockade of Cuba on Oct. 24, 1962, at the White House. The president announced that Russia had placed missile sites in Cuba and imposed an arms blockade.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoThe freighter Okhotsk carries Ilyouchine IL 28 missiles on Dec. 4, 1962, as the Soviet Union removes missiles from Cuba. On Oct. 28, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev promised to remove the missiles from Cuba. In return, President Kennedy promised the U.S. would not invade Cuba and would lift the naval blockade.AFP/Getty ImagesThe Soviet freighter Anosov carries a load of missiles away from Cuba on Nov. 9, 1962.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoCuban militiamen man an anti-aircraft battery of Czechoslovakian M53 12.7mm guns in Havana in October 1962.Granma File Photo Via AFP/Getty ImagesAn anti-aircraft gun deployed during the 1962 missile crisis is displayed at the Morro Cabana military park on Oct. 11 in Havana.AFP/Getty Images File PhotoFeatured Weekly Ad