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Which location of a Cold War proxy conflict came the closest to nuclear missiles being used against the United States?

Cuba
Turkey
Korea
Vietnam

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The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

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