What role did the Soviet Union play in the Cuban missile crisis?

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2 February, 01:12

What role did the Soviet Union play in the Cuban missile crisis?

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U. S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U. S. shores.