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At the time of the crisis none of the missiles with nuclear warheads that could reach US territory had yet been installed, so Cuba could not have attacked with them.
However unknown to the US there were active short range missiles with nuclear warheads already installed, had Kennedy ordered the invasion of Cuba suggested by his generals Cuba would have defended itself by attacking the troops as they landed on Cuba's beaches with these short range missiles with nuclear warheads. The US was not prepared for this and the only likely response would have been an all out bombing of both Cuba and the USSR with strategic nuclear bombers, which would have triggered a retaliation by the USSR with their strategic nuclear bombers. It would have been total nuclear war between the US and USSR.
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∙ 6y agoThe missiles of the Cuban Missile Crisis had arrived in Cuba some 5 weeks before the crisis was initiated after the discovery of the missiles. These were of two types one with a range of some 2000 km the other with a range of 4000 km Both carried a payload with about a +2 Mt yield. The range of the shorter range missile would allow it to hit New York City. The longer range missiles could have hit the American west coast , most of Canada and all of the continental US.Detonations of this size could cause 3rd degree burns and property damage up to 17 km away from the detention site.
Even after the Crisis was over and the missiles were supposedly removed numerous warheads were hidden in Cuba unknown to the USA.
SOothe first result would d have been damage to almost any major city in the US.
Secondly the response to the attack would abe bombing of Russian sites with the American ICBM missiles as well as Cuban sites
Thirdly the USSr would have responded with bombing oAmerican allies and the US with heavy weight bombs and missiles.
Lastly the cached nuclear weapons could have been smuggled into the Us for detonation at strategic sites
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∙ 16y agoBecause we are so strong we would control it.
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When the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved The Soviet Union withdrew missiles from Cuba and the US withdrew missiles for where?
The US withdrew missiles from Turkey.
Why did Cuba aim missiles at the US?
Russia placed missiles in Cuba during the cold war to provide counter attack if the USA. made a attack. The missiles were eventually moved out of Cuba when JFK won a debate between Fidel Castro, JFK, and Nikita Khrushchev.because the U.S. already has missiles in turkeyThe Soviet missiles were located in Cuba, because it was close enough to the Soviet enemy(US), and Fidel Castro was willing to put the missiles in his country.
When did the Soviet Union install missiles in Cuba?
There is no picture of any actual missiles in Cuba.. All the pictures are of sites and trucks and empty carriers and items covered up. The entire ploy was to get the US to remove Missiles from Turkey.
Where did the soviet union put missiles aimed at the us?
Cuba
Did The US learn of the missiles in Cuba from a network of spies?
false
Who was the leader of Cuba when they attacked America?
Cuba never attacked the US. Castro's been (or was) the leader of Cuba since 1959. If your question is referring to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, that wasn't a war. It was a "crisis"...meaning, it was ALMOST a war (a nuclear war). The Soviets removed the atomic missiles from Cuba and we departed.
When Soviet Union withdrew missiles from Cuba and US withdrew missiles from?
Turkey
What Should the US do in response to the Soviet build up of missiles in Cuba?
That was in 1962 and the US acted correctly in stopping ships carrying missiles to Cuba.
When the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved The Soviet Union withdrew missiles from Cuba and the US withdrew missiles for where?
The US withdrew missiles from Turkey.
When the Cuban missile crisis was resolved the soviet union withdrew missiles from Cuba and the US withdrew missiles from?
The US withdrew missiles from Turkey.
Why did Cuba aim missiles at the US?
Russia placed missiles in Cuba during the cold war to provide counter attack if the USA. made a attack. The missiles were eventually moved out of Cuba when JFK won a debate between Fidel Castro, JFK, and Nikita Khrushchev.because the U.S. already has missiles in turkeyThe Soviet missiles were located in Cuba, because it was close enough to the Soviet enemy(US), and Fidel Castro was willing to put the missiles in his country.
When did the Soviet Union install missiles in Cuba?
There is no picture of any actual missiles in Cuba.. All the pictures are of sites and trucks and empty carriers and items covered up. The entire ploy was to get the US to remove Missiles from Turkey.
Where did the soviet union put missiles aimed at the us?
Cuba
Did The US learn of the missiles in Cuba from a network of spies?
false
When the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved Russia withdrew missiles from Cuba and the US with drew missiles from?
Turkey.
How did the US react to the missiles in cuba?
Kennedy responded to Soviet missiles in Cuba by a naval quarantine of Cuba to prevent the shipment of new missiles coupled with nuclear threat. When soviet ships carrying missiles were near to Cuba, the were stopped by American ships and ordered to turn back. No one in the US knew what the Soviets might do, but they turned back peacefully.There have already been tensions between Cuba and the US ever since Castro came to power in the late 1950s. Cuba became communist and began negotiations with the Soviet Union (The US's enemy during the Cold War). The Soviet Union wanted to counter the US missiles in Turkey by sending intermediate ranged missiles into Cuba. This action caused panic within America and President Kennedy was forced to promise that he would no longer attempt to overthrow Castro or the Cuba government and he would take his missiles out of Turkey if the Soviet Union took their missiles out of the Cuba.He ordered a Quarantine on cuba and stopped the soviet ships from bringing any missiles to cuba. This was due to concerns that the soviets can attack the west.
What country did the US and soviet union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of soviet missiles?
Cuba. The reason the USSR put missiles there was to get rid of the U.S. Jupiter missiles in Turkey. Both were removed.
