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The Soviet strategy for sending missiles to Cuba was to intimidate the US and thereby gain an advantage in the ongoing struggle for global domination. Having a medium range missile base so close to the US would mean that the missiles have a shorter distance to travel and are therefore harder to shoot down in transit, as compared to attacking the US from the territory of the USSR itself.
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∙ 14y agoPresident Kennedy admitted to lack of missile gap unlike Eisenhower. He said that the US was way ahead of the Soviets in the developing missiles. This made Khrushchev (The Soviet leader) look bad. And this angers Cuba a lot especially, after our failed attempt with the Bay of Pigs. Castro starts to buddy up with the Soviets a lot more. Khrushchev doesn't want to see the US take Cuba down. So he offers to arm Castro with weapons. The US had the Soviet Union surrounded with missile sites and the Soviets wanted at least one site near the US. If they could get Cuba they would have their "one place". A U2 planes discovered installation sites being built in Cuba by the soviets. Kennedy called together the National Security Council, DOD, etc. to discuss what to do with this. We came up with three options. 1)Invade Cuba-Bay of pigs was a failure. 2) Air Strike- were afraid if we did do that ,t hey would shoot our planes3) Leave it alone. No one was really satisfied with those three option so we decided to Quarantine AKA Blockade Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis scared everyone to death; we were on the verge of nuclear war. In 1963 the US and the Soviet Union Signed a nuclear Test Ban Treaty which banned the testing of atomic weapons. A hotline was also set up between Moscow and Washington D.C.
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∙ 12y agoA number of factors are believed to of lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. Cuba used to be run by Batista, who was an American sympathiser and he allowed the US to have a navy base there. There were also a lot of US run and owned shops on Cuba. Then Fidel Castro lead a rebellion against Batista and won. Castro broke relations with the US and gave all the US run businesses to Cubans. The US encouraged Cuban exiles to rebel against Castro but after being beaten at the bay of Pigs they failed. Krushchev, the communist leader of the USSR (now Russia) armed Castro with nuclear weapons which were discovered by an American plane. President Kennedytried appeasing Krushchev, but after this failed he ordered a blockade of Cuba.
There was no clear cause. but many little events
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∙ 11y agoThe Russians put missiles in Cuba which is only 90 miles from the coastline of the US. JFK told them to remove them and it resulted in a blockade of the Cuba and a standoff with Russia. We were within hours of a war before it was settled.
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∙ 15y agoUS Forces MOVED towards Cuba with the intent of destroying the Soviet Forces if they did not remove their missiles. The Soviets removed them.
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∙ 11y agoThe cold war Led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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∙ 13y agoThey built nuclear missile bases and the bases were pointing toward Amerca
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∙ 11y agothe Cubans hate America
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How did Cuba and the Soviet Union become close?
There was a communist revolution in Cuba and they decided to be friends with the communist Soviet Union.
Why did the us take action when the soviet union set up missile bases in cuba?
i dont now
What Soviet Union provided direct support to which Caribbean island?
Cuba is the Caribbean island the Soviet Union supported. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, most commonly referred to as simply the Soviet Union, existed from 1922 to 1991.
Was Soviet Union at war with Cuba?
No, the Soviet Union (USSR) was never at war with Cuba. From the time of Cuban Revolution (1959) until the dissolution of the USSR (1992) Cuba and the USSR were allies.
What countries were affected by the cuban missile crisis?
The United States, The Soviet Union, and Cuba
How did Cuba and the Soviet Union become close?
There was a communist revolution in Cuba and they decided to be friends with the communist Soviet Union.
Why did the us take action when the soviet union set up missile bases in cuba?
i dont now
Who tried to install missile bases in Cuba?
The Soviet Union
What Soviet Union provided direct support to which Caribbean island?
Cuba is the Caribbean island the Soviet Union supported. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, most commonly referred to as simply the Soviet Union, existed from 1922 to 1991.
Who was in the warsawpact?
The Soviet Union and possibly Cuba.
Who put the missiles in Cuba?
The Soviet Union.
Was Soviet Union at war with Cuba?
No, the Soviet Union (USSR) was never at war with Cuba. From the time of Cuban Revolution (1959) until the dissolution of the USSR (1992) Cuba and the USSR were allies.
What event in 1991 led to an economic crisis in Cuba?
The collapse of the Soviet Union led to the economic crisis of 1991 in Cuba. This was due to the close ties between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
What countries were affected by the cuban missile crisis?
The United States, The Soviet Union, and Cuba
What options did the US have to counter the soviets to build up missiles in Cuba?
They advised the Soviet Union that an attack on the US from Cuba would be considered as an attack by the Soviet Union- and response would be to the Soviet union, not just to Cuba. The US also implemented a blockade of shipping going to Cuba- no ship carrying missiles would be allowed to go TO Cuba.
What caused was the of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis?
The Soviet Union had begun to install nuclear weapons in Cuba.
Who was the Soviet Union allies with in the Bay of Pigs?
The Soviet Union had little to do with the 'Bay of Pigs', but the operation took place in Cuba.
