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The discovery during the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962. U.S. reconnaissance flights revealed Soviet nuclear missile installations in Cuba, which triggered a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This critical moment highlighted the dangers of nuclear proliferation and the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War.

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Why was the Soviet Union to blame during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Because the soviets were the ones to put the missiles in Cuba. Which made the U.S. put missiles in Turkey ending this crisis.


What alliance did Cuba have that made the missile crisis possible?

the support of Russia


What event made the soviet union send weapons and personnal to cuba?

That event is named The Cuban Missile Crisis.


What was one result of the Cuban missile crisis?

Because the world came extremely close to nuclear war, during the Cuban missile crisis, it made people very nervous, and prolonged the distrust and hostility between the US and the USSR, which really ended only in 1989, with the collapse of the USSR.


What was the U-2 during the Cuban missile crisis?

The U-2 is a single engine, very high altitude reconnaissance aircraft made of wafer thin aluminum and equipped with a hi tech camera.


Why did the Cuban missile come to an end?

The Cuban missile crisis came to and end because Kennedy and Khrushchev made an agreement. In the agreement it stated that if Kennedy were to remove its naval blockade around Cuba and if it removes its missile bases in Turkey, Khrushchev would remove his missile bases from Cuba.


What Two Cuban crisis that Kennedy administration faced?

The failed invasion of the Bay of PigsThe missile crisis of Russian made missiles installed in Cuba.


Was there a movie made on the Cuban Missile Crisis?

"The Missiles of October" (1974). Stars William Devane, Martin Sheen, Ralph Bellamy.


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.


When did the public find out about the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The public first found out about the crisis during President Kennedy's address to the nation on October 22, 1962. Kennedy, however, was first made aware of the missiles several days early on October 16, 1962.


Who made changes to Wilson's 14 points?

the cuban missile crisis, it was when the cubans really didnt know or like the 14 points, president wilson allowed them to change it before it was really made


What important discovery made during the tang dynasty?

because they loved it