Bomber aircraft family by Ilyushin.
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Identical crates had been used to ship IL-28s to Egypt several years earlier.
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The IL-28s were of great interest to American intelligence because they were known to be nuclear-capable.
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When the IL-28s were assembled, they could be wheeled into the bunkers, along with the Tatyanas.
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Having found a place to store his bombs, Anastasiev went looking for an airfield for the IL-28s.
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On the other hand, they were designed to carry much more powerful bombs than the IL-28s and were much faster.
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By the early sixties, the IL-28 was teetering on the verge of obsolescence and certainly no match for U.S. air defenses.
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Cratology scored its greatest triumph in late September when analysts correctly deduced that a Soviet ship bound for Cuba was carrying Il-28 bombers.
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An armada of nearly six hundred aircraft waited for orders to attack Cuba and intercept Soviet IL-28 bombers taking off from Cuban airfields.