Silly Old Blogger

After the first nuclear tests and the tragedies of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski, the major countries wasted no time in developing ever bigger nuclear bombs, and means of delivery such as rockets, large, long-range aircraft, and submarines, including nuclear powered ones large enough to carry and launch nuclear armed rockets. For some years tension between the USA and Russia was fuelled by Russian support of North Viet Nam vs USA support of South Viet Nam. This tension between the two military giants increased and culminated in the Cuban Missile crisis in October 1962 when Russia was found to have started building missile launching bases in Cuba, capable of striking most USA cities. For 13 days the world was poised on the brink of an unimaginable catastrophe until an agreement between US President John F Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was reached for the removal of the missiles and launching facilities from Cuba. The World remains indebted to these two wise leaders and it is essential that we should always try to elect leaders of this stature, rather than whoever makes undeliverable promises of wage rises, better retirement packages, and so on. Keep it in mind when voting time comes around.