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Note: This game, while based in fact, involves a measure of speculation.
The advisers are fictional.
You are John F. Kennedy. It is October 1962, and you are confronted with a grave crisis. Reconnaissance photographs reveal the Soviet Union is building offensive missile sites in Cuba. Once deployed, these missiles would have a range reaching most of the United States, and they could be tipped with nuclear weapons. You convene your most trusted advisers to weigh your options. The group, known as the ExComm, rejects limited air strikes, fearing they would be ineffective. The discussion turns to three main options: first, a major air offensive to knock out the missile sites, anti-aircraft units, and the Soviet-Cuban offensive military capacity; second, an all-out invasion of Cuba; and third, a naval blockade of all future Soviet arms shipments to Cuba, combined with a demand that all Soviet offensive military installations on Cuba be removed immediately. You are determined to prevent the deployment of these missiles. Ignoring them is not an option. What do you do?
National Security Adviser
General
Secretary of Defense
Click on an adviser for guidance.
AIR OFFENSIVE
INVASION
BLOCKADE
