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1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six

1991 U.S. Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles

1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel

1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel

1988 USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned

1988 Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles

1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran

1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles

1987 U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles

1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die

1985 Netherlands decides definative sites for cruise missiles

1984 Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles

1983 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain

1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley

1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles

1981 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missiles

1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis

1962 Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated

1962 John F. Kennedy warns Russia U.S. will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba

1962 Nikita Khrushchev sends note to John F. Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if U.S. closed its bases in Turkey offer is rejected

1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba

1962 U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles

1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba

1960 USS George Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched

1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback


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