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Who says the Cuban Missile Crisis is the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war?
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Most people that know anything about it. Anybody with access to classified documents on it that were only declassified in the last few years (both US and USSR papers). These documents show the USSR had battlefield tactical nuclear weapons already installed and ready, the Soviet soldiers in control of them had orders to use them on invading US forces without needing any additional approval. Had Kennedy chosen to send in troops, as most of his advisors wanted, they would have been wiped out by these weapons, Kennedy would have had no choice but full nuclear strike, then Khrushchev would have had no choice but full nuclear strike back, etc. It was sitting all on this hair trigger and US was unaware of the USSR battlefield tactical nuclear weapons until USSR was removing them after the crisis was over.
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What event was the closest us and the sovient union got to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Whats the closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962, was the closest we've been to a nuclear exchange. See the link below for more detailed information.
What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
The united states and the soviet union came very close to nuclear war during the?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What is the placement of nuclear missiles in cuba by the soviet was?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What event was the closest the world had ever been to a second nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
What event was the closest us and the sovient union got to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Whats the closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962, was the closest we've been to a nuclear exchange. See the link below for more detailed information.
What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
The united states and the soviet union came very close to nuclear war during the?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the event that is believed to bring the world most closley to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis is the event that brought the world closest to a nuclear fallout.
What is the placement of nuclear missiles in cuba by the soviet was?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What led to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
the cuban missile crisis.
Why was the Cuban missile crisis said to be the height of the cold war?
It is the point at which the US and the USSR came closest to unleashing an all-out nuclear exchange.
How did the Cuban missile crisis affect relations between the US and the USSR?
the Cuban Missile Crisis affected Cuba because after the U.S. blockaded Cuba and prevented Cuba from receiving or giving trade goods, the economy dwindled until it got to the point that Cuba couldn't afford launching the missile that the soviet union gave them.
What about the Cuban missile crisis is?
President Kennedy removed nuclear missiles from Turkey to resolve the crisis
What about the Cuban missile crisis?
President Kennedy removed nuclear missiles from Turkey to resolve the crisis
