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Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre), or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, romanized: Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in the United Kingdom, Italy and…

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Location
Cuba
Date
Publicized removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba · Non-publicized removal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy · Agreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation · Creation of a nuclear hotline between the United States and the Soviet Union · 16–28 October 1962 (naval blockade of Cuba ended on 20 November)
Result
Publicized removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba · Non-publicized removal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy · Agreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation · Creation of a nuclear hotline between the United States and the Soviet Union

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Missiles reported

Blockade

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Nuclear forces

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related to Chinese leadership · 13
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Date · 5
Cuban Missile Crisis → 16–28 October 1962 (naval blockade of Cuba ended on 20 November), Agreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation, Creation of a nuclear hotline between the United States and the Soviet Union, Non-publicized removal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy, Publicized removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba

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Cuban Missile CrisisDatePublicized removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisDateNon-publicized removal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisDateAgreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisDateCreation of a nuclear hotline between the United States and the Soviet Union1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisDate16–28 October 1962 (naval blockade of Cuba ended on 20 November)1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisLocationCuba1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisResultPublicized removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisResultNon-publicized removal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisResultAgreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation1.00infobox
Cuban Missile CrisisResultCreation of a nuclear hotline between the United States and the Soviet Union1.00infobox
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with around 450 of them for ballistic missilesinstance ofmost of which were tactical weapons0.80text

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