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Anti-ballistic missile system. The ABM missiles were targeted at incoming missiles. Deployment limited by 1972 ABM Treaty. B-1(B) bomber:

An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by 1500 Cuban exiles with U.S. Government support on April 17, 1961. Berlin Airlift:

The fortified barrier erected by the East German government in August 1961 to divide East and West Berlin and halt the exodus of East Germans fleeing Communist rule. BOMARC:

The fear of Soviet superiority in the area of intercontinental bombers, which first arose in July 1957 after Soviets flew their Bear and Bison bombers past American observers multiple times, duping th [..]

President Carter's commitment to defend U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf, motivated by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Checkpoint Charlie:

U.S. Cold War foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, first articulated by George Kennan in 1947 with his famous "X" article in Foreign Affairs.

The major Cold War confrontation between U.S. and Soviet forces over the deployment of Soviet IRBMs in Cuba in 1962. An American naval blockade and high alert status ensued until the crisis was defuse [..]

A distant early warning line of radar and communications equipment deployed along northern Alaska and Canada designed to detect and track Soviet ballistic missiles. DMZ:

The current Executive Order setting protocol for the declassification of government documents. Flexible response: