The Cuban Missile Crisis
Organization of American States (OAS)
Cuban missile crisis
The General Secretary/Premier Nikita Khrushchev removed nuclear missiles from Cuba after a very tense nuclear drawdown in the U.S.
The Soviets already knew that the US had nuclear missiles in Turkey, placing nuclear missiles in Cuba would simply achieve nuclear parity. Also following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion the leader of Cuba Fidel Castro wanted assurance from the Soviets of their security against future invasion, the Soviets believed that nuclear missiles would provide this security at the least cost.
The detection of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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Organization of American States (OAS)
Cuban missile crisis
The General Secretary/Premier Nikita Khrushchev removed nuclear missiles from Cuba after a very tense nuclear drawdown in the U.S.
The Soviets already knew that the US had nuclear missiles in Turkey, placing nuclear missiles in Cuba would simply achieve nuclear parity. Also following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion the leader of Cuba Fidel Castro wanted assurance from the Soviets of their security against future invasion, the Soviets believed that nuclear missiles would provide this security at the least cost.
The installation of Soviet Nuclear Missiles in Cuba.
The detection of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba.
The Soviet Union
Yes, it was because of the missiles range and how close it was to the U.S.A.
No. Cuba itself never had nuclear missiles although the USSR set up nuclear missile launch sites in Cuba.
The Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1962, The Soviet Union, in collaboration with Fidel Castro, began building nuclear missiles on the Island of Cuba. Because the Soviets technology at the time limited their nuclear missiles range, they felt that having missiles in Cuba was the only way of defending against an attack by the United States, whose nuclear arsenal could reach the Soviet Union at any time. Castro, after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, thought that another attack by the U.S was inevitable and agreed to the Soviet installations. President Kennedy imposed a quarantine on the island by surrounding it with naval vessels and ordered the missiles to be dismantled. Several tense days went by, and the world was on the brink of nuclear war. the worst day being October 27th when a U2 reconnaissance plane was shot down. On October 28th, The U.S and the Soviet Union came to an agreement. The missiles and bombers would be removed from Cuba, and the U.S agreed not to invade Cuba, thus ending the crisis.
A naval blockade of the island of Cuba (or Cuber as Kennedy used to pronounce it).