The resolution of this crisis is not the credit of a few spies. In fact, the Cuban missile crisis finally allowed the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve their own strategic goals. All participants are cannon fodder at a higher level, even Cuba. nation.
The main premise of this crisis is that the United States has deployed nuclear missiles in Turkey, Italy and West Germany. Without exception, these missiles are all aimed at the Soviet Union. In order to seek a strategic balance, the Soviet Union must also deploy nuclear missiles in the backyard of the United States, otherwise I deserve to be beaten on the head by you? But unfortunately, the Soviet deployment was soon discovered by the United States, and the participants included the agents in the film. but! Based on the strategic purpose of the Soviet Union, they played a big game! It doesn't really matter to them whether the Cuban missile base is discovered by the United States or not. The Soviet Union's logic is as follows: if you build a missile base in my backyard, then I will also build a missile base in your backyard, which will bring two results. : 1, I've built it, you can't do anything about me to achieve a balance. 2. Sit down and negotiate, you remove the base in my backyard, I also remove the base in your backyard, and also achieve a balance.
Now we all know that the ultimate solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis is Article 2, where the USSR removed Cuban missiles and in exchange the US also removed Turkey and Italy (both countries were the USSR's backyard), the US Seemingly lost, but apparently won, because the Soviet Union retreated first, and the United States retreated, earning a little "decent". The Soviet Union is different. On the surface, it loses face. In fact, this is his purpose. How much is the face worth? The most important thing is that in this zero-sum game called "who is the coward?" the Soviet Union is the nominal loser.
Moreover, to deploy nuclear missiles in a country, this is a super project, you can't cover it, any reconnaissance aircraft can easily find it, and this project involves too many participants, and there is no need for spies at all. Participation, its exposure is only a matter of time, this is not a paper-wrapped fire, this is a paper-wrapped nuclear bomb, so the Soviet Union did not expect to cover this matter tightly, and even let the United States find out is the premise of sitting down and negotiating.
Secondly, Khrushchev has been planning this game for a long time. When the US leader visited the Soviet Union, he specially took him to visit the Soviet missile factory. His original words were: "The Soviet Union can produce nuclear missiles like sausages. ", this is the most famous strategic blackmail in the Cold War, and the US leaders really believe it (because that factory is indeed producing missiles like sausages, but in fact it is a temporary arrangement for the old Americans to see) This is a Cuban missile In fact, in the early 1960s, the Soviet Union's nuclear strategy was completely behind the United States. Khrushchev could only use blackmail to make a seemingly equal transaction with the United States, and this transaction was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union The absolute disadvantage is exchanged for the equal concession of the absolute superior party. The roles of spies and intelligence agencies are pawns. . .
When the crisis ended and both sides removed the nuclear bombs in each other's backyards, the Soviet Union concentrated on developing strategic nuclear weapons and their vehicles. Before that, the Soviet Union's delivery capabilities were less than a fraction of that of the United States, and they began to form their own in 1960. For the Strategic Missile Force, it was not until 1969 that the Southern Design Bureau was finalized enough to compete with the US intercontinental missile - SS-18 (NATO code name Satan), which tied the United States and reached a terrorist balance with it (this is also the beginning of the Cold War in the true sense). And this period of strategic opportunity was won by the Cuban missile crisis. What spy's justice and courage in exchange for world peace. . . This is a little bit like playing at home, because true peace only exists in balance, and one party is far behind the other will bring war. This fact is almost the exact opposite of what the movie wants to express. If you don’t believe it, you can look at the Indians. The fate of Iraq, the fate of Syria.
Another small episode, after the Cuban missile crisis broke out, the President of the United States was transferred to the wartime command (hundreds of meters underground), and all the strategic bombers in the United States were also launched with nuclear bombs, and they were on 24-hour strategic duty to ensure that there are Enough nuclear bombs can be delivered at any time. The US response is such a big success for the Soviet Union. This is what the Soviet Union wanted. At the beginning, they put on a posture of wanting to take the initiative to fight to increase the bargaining chip for the subsequent negotiations. Great, the Soviet Union spoke harder and harder at the negotiating table. After the strategic goal was achieved, the Soviet Union stopped performing. They were also afraid of nuclear war. The nuclear disarmament treaty, so please take a look, in the face of evenness, disarmament has begun, and this is the correct way to open peace. From this perspective, the pattern of the film is much smaller.
In addition, the closest nuclear war in human history was actually not the Cuban missile crisis, but a computer failure - the early warning radar of the United States in Alaska found that hundreds of missiles were flying towards the United States in the direction of Kamchatka Peninsula (Soviet territory). The system automatically triggered a nuclear war alarm, and the Central Command also launched a counterattack order (because of the particularity of nuclear warfare, these orders are designed to be triggered automatically) The first order received was a "Minuteman Missile" silo in the United States 's duty clerk, due to the importance of the matter, this guy actually hesitated and did not press the launch button according to the program~~~ It was he who hesitated for dozens of seconds, and the alarm was automatically dismissed. After this incident, the United States completely revised the triggering mechanism of nuclear war, and also notified the Soviet Union through special channels, suggesting that they also improve their own triggering mechanism to avoid similar incidents and bring mankind to the wasteland. . . .
Finally, regarding the description of Khrushchev in the film, all I can say is that it's good for Lao Mei to be happy. Although Khrushchev is an old enemy of the Chinese people, and from this standpoint, we should agree with the United States, but he is definitely not a drunken lunatic + a pervert. Khrushchev is one of the commanders of the battle of Stalingrad that you are familiar with (the background of the army starring Jude Law). He has excellent command and dispatch ability. After the war, he also ended Stalin's white terror and brought the Soviet Union to a formal At the same time, he initiated great power chauvinism and wanted to form a joint fleet with China in an attempt to control the Chinese army, but was rejected by China, so Sino-Soviet relations began to deteriorate. As a superpower, he has more than half of the credit, and because of this, the West has smeared him very much, and he created the "God damn Soviet Union".
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