The cruise missiles that are reported to be on the submarine and this frigate have a range of about 1,000 nautical miles. So From Cuban waters, they can reach Washington, D.C., Nashville, Atlanta, of course, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, even Houston, Texas. And, you know, that's a very real threat. That's why John F. Kennedy mobilized my father in Law in 1962 as an army second lieutenant to Rush down to Florida in the, you know, in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis. (03:54–03:59)
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Asserts that from Cuban waters, the missiles can reach several major U.S. cities.
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