Thirteen days after the 492d's arrival in Turkey, Iraq violated the exclusion zone by placing surface-to-air missiles outside of the city of Mosul.

Why did the Soviet Union decide to place offensive missiles in Cuba?

The Americans had found that the Soviets were placing nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev accepted the recommendation from his Defense Council, to place nuclear missiles in Cuba.

The Administration won an important victory in 1983 in placing missiles in Western Europe.

In fact, it became a hallmark of Soviet design to place large anti-ship missiles onto relatively small and fast missile boats.

Now, it is true that the Iranians have placed missiles on shore that can reach targets at sea.

Reagan supported an existing plan to place intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe.

Khrushchev and Castro agreed to place strategic nuclear missiles secretly in Cuba.

Routine photo reconnaissance flights over Cuba revealed that the Soviet Union was in the process of placing nuclear missiles on that island.