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Was the Cuban missile crisis the bombing of cuba by the US?
No. That was what led to the crisis. The crisis was that Russia was putting some nuclear missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to the bombings.
Did Cuba ever have nuclear missiles?
No. Cuba itself never had nuclear missiles although the USSR set up nuclear missile launch sites in Cuba.
What soviet premier installed and removed nuclear missiles in Cuba?
The General Secretary/Premier Nikita Khrushchev removed nuclear missiles from Cuba after a very tense nuclear drawdown in the U.S.
What were the soviets tying to install in Cuba?
Nuclear missiles.
What is the placement of nuclear missiles in cuba by the soviet was?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Who put nuclear missiles in Cuba which were aimed at the US?
Nikita Kruchev
How many nuclear missiles did the Soviets set up in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
i know 6 SS-4 Nuclear missiles
What are some of the reasons for the Soviet placement of missiles in Cuba?
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.
Did Stalin put nuclear missiles in Cuba?
No. Stalin had died a decade earlier.
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.
Nuclear missiles on which Caribbean island created a cold war crisis in 1962?
Cuba.
What caused the cold war to turn hot in the Caribbean?
The installation of Soviet Nuclear Missiles in Cuba.
