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What nuclear missiles are capable of reaching 1500 miles per hour?
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A typical ICBM reaches speeds from 12000 miles per hour to 18000 miles per hour!!!!
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What was the maximum range of the soviet nuclear missiles?
About 6,200 miles is a best guess- exact specs are classified.
Why did the soviet union want to place nuclear missiles in cube?
After the Bay of Pigs, Cuba needed protection and turned to the USSR. The USSR agreed to place nuclear missiles in Cuba and buy Cuba's sugar which America stopped buying due to the trade embargo. It wanted to place missiles in Cuba as it was only 90 miles away from American soil and the USA had missiles around 90 miles away in Turkey aimed at the USSR.
Why were in missiles in Cuba such a big problem for the US?
The presence of Soviet Missiles on Cuba was a problem at the time because Cuba is only a few hundred miles from the US Coast, easily within reach.
What were the political social and cultural trends in western Europe since the end of cold war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the closest the world has come to all out nuclear war. On Oct. 15, American spy planes discovered that Russians had placed missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in Cuba, just 90 miles from the shores of Florida. On Oct. 22, when President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce this to the nation, the American people understood how vulnerable they were to a nuclear disaster.
How did Cuba almost cause a nuclear was between the soviet union and the US?
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.
What did USSR have to do with the Cuban missile crisis?
Russia and the United States were "Cold War" enemies. Soviet Russia supplied nuclear missiles to Cuba. Cuba is only 90 miles from the coast of the United States. Russia's reasons for supplying Cuba with nuclear capability... (You Decide)
How close was the world to nuclear war?
At least once, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962, the US and the Soviet Union seemed on the brink of war. The conflict escalated over nuclear missiles the Russians were putting in Castro's Cuba, only 90 miles from US soil.
What is the radius of Miles?
It is the circle reaching out for 62.8 miles from the centre.
What is the radius of 62.8 miles?
It is the circle reaching out for 62.8 miles from the centre.
How far could the missiles go in the Cuban missile crisis?
The missiles could strike US cities from Cuba, which is less than 100 miles away.
How many miles could the nuclear bomb could affect other country?
That would depend on the bomb(s). FEMA estimates that in a reasonably anticipated nuclear missile exchange fallout from missiles attacking our silos in Montana could have a lethal plume extending as far east as Ohio. And that is only considering attacks on Montana. Missiles will undoubtedly attack in all states. You can check FEMA's website for the complete fallout projections map.
Why might the US place a naval blockade around Cuba?
JFK found out that the Russians had installed missiles on Cuba. With Cuba only 90 miles from US shores he told the Russians they had to remove the missiles and they refused, so he put a naval blockade on the island. For 3 days we thought there might be a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, but the Russians backed down and removed the missiles. An interesting point to this is the Russian ships still dock in Cuba and their connections with Cuba are still strong.
