(A) ** The Soviet Union and the United States opposed each other but did not want to start a nuclear war
(B) The Soviet Union was willing to launch nuclear weapons at the United States
(C) The United States accepted the Soviet Union’s control of Cuba
(D) The United States and the Soviet Union did not have enough nuclear weapons to go to war
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.
Concept note-2: -Cuban missile crisis, (October 1962), major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
Concept note-3: -The Cuban Missile Crisis was indeed a turning point in USA and Soviet relations during the Cold War. The event stands in history as one that nearly brought humanity to the brink of destruction and is known as perhaps the single greatest political battle between the two superpowers, the world has ever seen.
Concept note-4: -Following this news, many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s (1894-1971) offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba.