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Cuban nuclear bombs discovered
In 1962 the US sent a U-2 aircraft over Cuba and saw nuclear bombs being manufactured the US had very few options.


 * 1) Do nothing.
 * 2) Use diplomatic pressure to get the Cubans to remove their missiles.
 * 3) An air attack on the missiles.
 * 4) A full out American invasion and take control over the missiles.
 * 5) Naval blockade of Cuba (A.K.A restrictive quarantine)

Instead of attacking Cuba America declared Cuba a quarantine zone, the bombs to be dismantled, and the U.S. sent bombs to Turkey in case of an attack. Khrushchev sent letters in response.

Americans at home were frightened and came to the realization that if there was a bombing on America they wouldn't survive. So what do we Americans do? Capitalize. While our leader John F. Kennedy Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba's leader Fidel Castro were fighting Citizens cowered in fear due to the possibility of mutual destruction.

On 28 October Khrushchev accepted the American demands. The Soviet government agreed to dismantle its bases and remove the missiles. Kennedy and Khrushchev came to a compromise that if the nuclear missiles were pulled out of Cuba, the American quarantine against Cuba would end and the U.S. would not invade the island. The U.S. also agreed to speed up removal of nuclear missiles from Turkey. The world was never as close to nuclear warfare as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Some of the direct consequences due to this crisis were (1) The two sides established a direct communications link that became known as the Hot Line. It was hoped that this would help prevent dangerous confrontations such as the Cuban Missile Crisis arising again. (2) Three months after the Cuban Missile Crisis the United States secretly removed all its nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy.  (3) A Test Ban Treaty was signed between the two countries in August 1963. The treaty prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.  (4) The 1,113 prisoners captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion were exchanged by Castro for $60 million in food, drugs, medicine and cash.  (5) The Soviet Union became determined to have a nuclear capability that was equal to the United States. This was achieved by 1972.  (6) China accused the Soviet Union of being a 'paper-tiger' and claimed to be the true leader of the Communist movement. The split between the Soviet Union and China became wider.  (7) The United States became convinced that the Soviet Union would not go to war over another communist country. It has been argued that this encouraged the United States to help attempts to overthrow socialist and communist governments in Vietnam , Nicaragua  and Grenada  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.