The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most important confrontations in the cold war. It began when Soviet Russia began building missile sites in Cuba, they did this with the obvious intent to be able to target and launch missiles at The United States. Russia wanted the Jupiter and Thor missiles removed from turkey, this is the reason they threatened america with the missiles in Cuba.
The Soviet Union wanted The Jupiter and Thor Missiles in turkey to be removed. they met their goals by constructing missile silos in Cuba.
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