He imposed a naval blockade on Cuba which is more powerfull than a quarantine.
I believe it was a blockade that the U.S. put up in front of Cuba to prevent the soviet union from going into there. ......I think.
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Naval blockade that we called a quarantine to avoid it being labeled an act of war (which it actually was).
The naval quarantine acted as almost a distraction between the real problems that had arisen from the Cuban Missile Crisis. The real problems were solved between Kennedy and Khrushchev via telegram communication. It didn't do anything to remove the missiles.
Quarantine, quarantine, quarry, quarantine, quadragenarian.
They considered all options from doing nothing to an all-out attack. They decided that a naval and air quarantine (blockade) offered the best solution.
Quarantine
Initial action was a blockade: the USA placed a naval quarantine around Cuba to stop further weapons from being conveyed to the island.
Quarantine was released on 10/10/2008.
The Production Budget for Quarantine was $12,000,000.
there were 5 options available they were: launch a full scale invasion on Cuba launch an airstrike Do nothing Naval Blockade (Quarantine) Or try to solve the crisis by diplomatic means