Summary.
In 1962, the Soviets put nuclear weapons in Cuba, which caused fear for the US. The missile bases were captured on camera on a reconisance mission The Russians agree to leave Cuba if Americans remove missiles in Turkey which was a direct result in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- A confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other
- October 1962, during the Cold War
- Cuban and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases
- Built medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles
- This action followed the 1958 deployment of Thor IRBMs in the UK
- Jupiter IRBMs to Italy and Turkey in 1961
- On October 14, 1962 U.S. plane got proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba.
- After a number of tense moments an agreements was reached
- All missiles would be deactivated or shipped back
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