Overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis

When it comes to strong military politics, Russia ever was and is one of the strongest forces on the planet. In May 1962, Nikita Khruschev, the Soviet Premier, came up with an idea that could defend advantageously lead to the World contend III. He was jealous, or peradventure disappointed that Russia was falling slow join States in the ground of developing and deploying thermonu put one over missiles. Khruschev pose a secret concourse with Fidel Castro in July that same year, and a secret agree workforcet was reached with the conclude of several missile sites plait. The military post that lead to missile sites wrench and runnerly Khruschevs idea of it was the United States first strike capabilities against the Soviet Union. It was known that United States had nuclear missiles which were aimed at Moscow, placed in Turkey. Soviets concentration in 1962 lie upon medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs and IRBMs).1 Of course, the construction and the prepa ration of the missiles was done on a large approach of the ground, so it could not have been unnoticed. Defense Intelligence Agency2 tell an Air Force U-2 aircraft watch of the mentioned areas in Cuba. The scan showed photographs of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles, securing a clear evidence of the act. President Kennedy and his subordinates at the time, discussed for nearly two weeks on the given problem. It was very tight to decide which of the options that were put on the table to be accepted. \nThe first option United States had was to pass on „spying and not to act. However, they knew this brings a huge risk to the throng of the United States, because there was an confrontation „in their backyard preparing missiles that could have killed more than than half of the population, and destroyed the capital, upper-case letter DC eventually. The option was comely because, as one of Kennedys men pointed, Soviets already had some nuclear weapo ns aimet at United States, bu...