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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.

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What explains why the Soviet Union decided to place nuclear missiles in Cuba before the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.


What explains what the Soviet Union decided to place nuclear missiles in Cuba before the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.


Did the Soviet Union have nuclear missiles aimed at US in the cold war?

Yes they did. The US had missles pointing at the USSR, the USSR had missles pointing at the US, and everybody else didn't know what too do.


Which nation was responsible for the missiles in cuba?

The Soviet Union


How did Cuba almost cause a nuclear was between the soviet union and the US?

The Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1962, The Soviet Union, in collaboration with Fidel Castro, began building nuclear missiles on the Island of Cuba. Because the Soviets technology at the time limited their nuclear missiles range, they felt that having missiles in Cuba was the only way of defending against an attack by the United States, whose nuclear arsenal could reach the Soviet Union at any time. Castro, after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, thought that another attack by the U.S was inevitable and agreed to the Soviet installations. President Kennedy imposed a quarantine on the island by surrounding it with naval vessels and ordered the missiles to be dismantled. Several tense days went by, and the world was on the brink of nuclear war. the worst day being October 27th when a U2 reconnaissance plane was shot down. On October 28th, The U.S and the Soviet Union came to an agreement. The missiles and bombers would be removed from Cuba, and the U.S agreed not to invade Cuba, thus ending the crisis.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis began in 1962 when which country placed nuclear missiles in Cuba?

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What was the purpose of the salt agreement signed by the leader of the US and the Soviet Union?

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What country does the soviet union place missiles in during the cold war?

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What was the purpose of the salt agreement signed by leader of the US and the soviet union in 1972?

To limit the production of nuclear missiles.


What explains why the Soviet Union decided to place nuclear missiles in Cuba before the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.


What explains what the Soviet Union decided to place nuclear missiles in Cuba before the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.


Did the Soviet Union have nuclear missiles aimed at US in the cold war?

Yes they did. The US had missles pointing at the USSR, the USSR had missles pointing at the US, and everybody else didn't know what too do.


Which nation was responsible for the missiles in cuba?

The Soviet Union


Who put the missiles in Cuba?

The Soviet Union.


When Soviet Union withdrew missiles from Cuba and US withdrew missiles from?

Turkey