There were five options on the table during the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Do nothing
Diplomatic pressure
A blockade of Cuba
Air Strikes
Air Strikes followed by an invasion of Cuba.
The decision they made was to blockade Cuba and that decision probably saved the world from a nuclear war.
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.
He wasn't able to do much. The Russians were in charge of the missiles on Cuba and not Castro, so it was up to them to respond to JFK.
The Cuban missile crisis was resolved by the USSR agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba and the United States agreeing to remove its missiles from Turkey.
The Soviets could easily land an attack on the United States from Cuba.
Because the soviets were the ones to put the missiles in Cuba. Which made the U.S. put missiles in Turkey ending this crisis.
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.
Nuclear missiles.
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It started with the Soviets setting up launch bases, in Cuba, that could hold Inter-Mediate Ballistic Missiles (IRBM). After a lot of laws and failed missions, the Soviets decided that they will remove the missiles from Cuba, if the US would remove the missiles from Turkey, and around Europe.
The Soviets (Russians) removed their missiles from Cuba.
The U.S. agreed to not invade Cuba. They also agreed the removal of U.S. missiles in Turkey in return the Soviets took the missiles from Cuba.
Well, for starters, the Soviets wanted to place their missiles in Cuba because of the USA's missiles in Turkey. As a result this became later known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and led ultimately to some reductions in (nuclear) arms by both sides.
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 Soviets withdrew their missiles from Cuba at the threat of war.
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They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
To counter the Soviets space program.