Cuban_Misile_Crisis

Cuban Misile Crisis The world came close to nuclear war during the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. President John F. Kennedy learned from satellite images that Soviets had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of the United States. The president was so concerned because he knew this could result into a nuclear war. If the Russians or Cubans got involved in a confrontation with the Americans they could use the missiles to attack America, which would cause millions of deaths. The president had to be very cautious in his decision. He gathered some of his best men and came up with three plans. Some advisors thought it wasn’t a big deal and that no action was necessary. Others thought a confrontation with Premier Khrushchev would be good, others thought an air attack on the missiles would stop the problem. Most of the men thought a blockade of all the nuclear weapons entering Cuba was the smartest thing to do. On September 11, 1962 Premier Nikita Khrushchev stated that under no circumstances would missiles be sent to Cuba. On Tuesday, October 16, the American government realized that cuba, kennedy, missiles, soviet, khrushchev, because, robert, letter, attack, american, united, soviets, president, premier, missile, ex-comm, quarantine, out, nuclear, ships, over, meeting, dobrynin, states, men, war, thought, october, now, after, about, two, sent, one, military, crisis, weapons, way, turkey, told, time, stop, remove, pm, offensive, night, mission, going, day, cuban