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Crateology was the 'science' of identifying the contents of Soviet shipments to the Island of Cuba carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cuban Missile Crisis.[1]
Crateology has declined as a discipline in recent years due to globalisation and the decline in the usage of custom made wooden crates in favour of standard metal shipping containers. Though making the world intra-connected and smaller, globalisation has resulted in the loss of not merely a science, but a 'beautiful art form'.[2]
See also[edit]
- Aerial photographic and satellite image interpretation
- CIA activities in Cuba
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- National technical means of verification
- Remote sensing
References[edit]
- ^ Kessler, R. (1994). Inside the CIA. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-73458-9.
- ^ D. Salisbury (2009). The Crate Escape: Packaging and its Typonomy and Taxonomy Throughout The Cold War.
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