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When the USSR attempted to install nuclear weapons in cuba JFK ordered what?
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∙ 13y ago
Formally he announced a "quarantine" of Cuba. This was a "polite" way of saying blockade without formally saying blockade. If he had formally declared a blockade of Cuba, he would also be implicitly declaring war on Cuba and indirectly with its ally the USSR. He did not want to declare war on the USSR, so he played games with words. The USSR could have easily called his bluff and either ran the "quarantine" or declared that "your quarantine is really a blockade, which is an act of war, we are now at war." However they did not, their ships turned around and the missiles were removed. (secretly in exchange for our removing Jupiter and Thor missiles from Turkey that were already obsolete and on our schedule for removal anyway even without the threat of missiles in Cuba.)
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Why did the Soviet install offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Because the US already had offensive nuclear weapons in Turkey. They saw it as "balancing" things.
What Arab countries have nuclear weapons?
Pakistan has about 100 nuclear weapons.
Did they use nuclear weapons in the holocaust?
No, Nazi Germany had no nuclear weapons.
How was the use of nuclear weapons involved in Korean war?
No nuclear weapons were used in the Korean War.....
Where are nuclear fusions used?
Only in nuclear weapons
President ordered the combat use of nuclear weapons?
Truman
What caused was the of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis?
The Soviet Union had begun to install nuclear weapons in Cuba.
Why did the Soviet install offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Because the US already had offensive nuclear weapons in Turkey. They saw it as "balancing" things.
What weapons are considered nuclear weapons?
Those that are nuclear, such as the nuclear bombs.
What alerted the US that communism Cuba have become dangerous?
the soviet union had begun to install nuclear weapons in cuba
Where are nuclear weapons found?
In nuclear weapons depots.
Does Zambia have nuclear weapons?
Zambia does not have nuclear weapons.
What are nuclear weapon?
Nuclear weapons are weapons which are fueled by nuclear energy. Examples of weapons that can be fueled by nuclear energy are missile warheads and bombs.
Are nukes really nuclear weapons?
Yes, they are nuclear weapons.
Does Afghanistan have nuclear weapons?
NO. Afghanistan does not have nuclear weapons, nor did it have nuclear weapons at any time, nor has it been accused by other countries of having nuclear weapons. Afghanistan is also a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, for what that's worth.
What Arab countries have nuclear weapons?
Pakistan has about 100 nuclear weapons.
Did they use nuclear weapons in the holocaust?
No, Nazi Germany had no nuclear weapons.
