
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.
Top Cast

Capt. Nikolai Shumkov
Himself - Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Capt. Ryurik Ketov
Himself - Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Theodore Sorensen
Himself - Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President

Dino A. Brugioni
Himself - Dino A. Brugioni, CIA Analyst

Robert McNamara
Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968

Rudolph Rump
Himself - Rudolph Rump, Radar Man, USS Blandy

Capt. Charles Rozier
Himself - Capt. Charles Rozier, USS Cecil

Capt. Alexi Dubivko
Himself - Capt. Alexi Dubivko

Robert J. Tavenor
Chief Petty Officer

Mike Vardy
Ketov (uncredited)
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