The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was the worst point of the cold war. The major confrontation began when the United States discovered Nikata Khrushchev, the Soviet premier had secretly installed Soviet missiles that were carrying nuclear weapons from Cuba. The missiles were targeted all over the United States and in particular Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. When President John F. Kennedy discovered the plot, there was a standoff of several days as the United States imposed a naval blockade of Cuba and the US demanded the USSR to remove the missiles immediately.…