Short range ballistic missiles
an attempt to install nuclear missle in cuba
His name was Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba. He was behind the Cuban Missle Crisis.
Nikita Kruschev. He became Secretary of the Communist Party in 1956, and later went on to serve as the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union until he left office in 1964. It was his idea to place missles in Cuba capable of reaching almost any point in the United States.
Nikita Khrushchev attempted to gain a foothold in the Western Hemisphere by attempting to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. This is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
President John F. Kennedy ordered Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to withdraw Soviet missiles from Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. This demand was made after the U.S. discovered the presence of these missiles, which posed a direct threat to American security. Kennedy emphasized the need for immediate removal to avoid further escalation and potential conflict. Ultimately, Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles in exchange for a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba and the removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey.
The General Secretary/Premier Nikita Khrushchev removed nuclear missiles from Cuba after a very tense nuclear drawdown in the U.S.
The leader of the United States was President John F. Kennedy & Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev was the USSR leader.
United States (President John F. Kennedy), Soviet Union (Premier Nikita Khrushchev), and Cuba (Fidel Castro)
In simple terms, the USA forced Cuba to turn to the USSR for help. The US placed an embargo on Cuba (which is still in place and completely useless now), not allowing any trade between the two countries, so Cuba was forced to look to the other superpower, the Soviet Union. The US also took Cuban assets in the United States away, not allowing the Castro government to get them back. The fact that the Cuban revolution had been led by Socialists also helped the Cuban-Soviet relations. As Fidel Castro told American journalists when asked about his friendship with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev "You leave us without petroleum, Khrushchev gave us petroleum. You do not buy our sugar, Khrushchev buys our sugar. Your leaders speak of aggression towards Cuba, Khrushchev speaks of friendship with Cuba. You took away our aeroplanes, Khrushchev lends us his aeroplanes. Khrushchev is our friend."
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan to visit Cuba's new leader Fidel Castro. Not long after this visit, the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Cuba.
During the cold war Castro allowed Kruschev to build nuclear missiles in Cuba to gain strategic advantage over the US