Khrushchev Challenges U.S. to 'Rocket Contest'

This day in history, November 15, 1957, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev challenges the United States to a “shooting match” during the Cold War.


In a long and rambling interview with an American reporter, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev claims that the Soviet Union has missile superiority over the United States and challenges America to a missile “shooting match” to prove his assertion.

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