Artifact

PGM-19 Jupiter

US intermediate-range ballistic missile of the late 1950s, developed by the Army under Wernher von Braun.

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The Jupiter was an intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency under Wernher von Braun. The United States government stationed Jupiters in Italy and Turkey (Jupiter missile deployment in Turkey) and removed them in 1963 (Withdrawal of the Jupiter missiles from Turkey).

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Wernher von Braun technical director, Army Ballistic Missile Agency Primary record 1

United States government 1961 – Apr 1963 Primary record 2 3
Deployed in Italy and Turkey; withdrawn in 1963.

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Dr. Wernher von Braun (biography), U.S. Army, Redstone Arsenal historical office. Primary record
Major ABMA development projects under Von Braun's technical direction included the REDSTONE rocket, the JUPITER Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), and the PERSHING missile.
The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
U.S. Jupiter missiles were removed from Turkey in April 1963.
The Jupiter Missiles and the Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Sealing the Deal with Italy and Turkey, Wilson Center, 20 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy, Moscow, October 27, 1962 (FRUS 1961–1963, vol. VI, doc. 66), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 27 Oct 1962. Primary record
Cable, Ambassador Dobrynin to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Meeting with Robert Kennedy, Wilson Center Digital Archive, 27 Oct 1962. Primary record
Formally the deployment of missile bases in Turkey was done by a special decision of the NATO Council.

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