SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Why would U.S. leaders not want Soviet Union nuclear missiles placed in Cuba during the Cold War?
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Cuba is too close to the U.S. and any missile fired from there could strike most of the U.S.
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Cuba was a small country and having that much extra weight could sink it
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Cuba was a newly formed country and the U.S. did not want them to get in the middle of it
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Cuba wanted to be friends with the U.S. and the U.S. did not want the Soviet Union to bully them
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -After the Bay of Pigs incident, Cuba clearly felt threatened by the United States. Castro started to look for a closer relationship with the USSR who could offer the country protection. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba’s request to place nuclear missiles there to deter future harassment of Cuba.
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