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minus-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoMoving Soviet missiles to Cuba was a deterrence and that almost triggered a nuclear war.
minus-squarePili@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoFor the USSR, it was a response to the missiles in Turkey. But Cuba wanted those missiles there also as a deterrence to not have a repeat of the bay of pigs invasion. In that case it was both.
Moving Soviet missiles to Cuba was a deterrence and that almost triggered a nuclear war.
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For the USSR, it was a response to the missiles in Turkey. But Cuba wanted those missiles there also as a deterrence to not have a repeat of the bay of pigs invasion.
In that case it was both.