HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Question
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They wanted to keep the Soviet Union in check during the period of Cold War
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The US had too many missiles, that they didn’t have enough storage
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The US wanted a place close to Cuba so they could easily destroy Cuba
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They wanted to test the missiles in Turkey
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Detailed explanation-1: -Another key factor in the Soviet missile scheme was the hostile relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. The Kennedy administration had already launched one attack on the island–the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961–and Castro and Khrushchev saw the missiles as a means of deterring further U.S. aggression.
Detailed explanation-2: -President John F. Kennedy used them as bargaining chips to end the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, agreeing to withdraw nuclear-armed Jupiter missiles from Turkey in exchange for the removal of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba.
Detailed explanation-3: -To defuse the worsening crisis, Kennedy and his advisers agreed to dismantle the U.S. missile sites in Turkey but at a later date, in order to prevent the protest of Turkey, a key NATO member. On October 28, Khrushchev announced his government’s intent to dismantle and remove all offensive Soviet weapons in Cuba.