Cuban missile crisis began on October 14, 1962 when the U-2 reconnaissance plane of the US photographic locations medium-range ballistic missiles under construction in Cuba. Kennedy was placed in a dilemma: if the United States attacked the location of the missile, nuclear war could break out. If you do not do anything to deal with the nuclear weapons threat is imminent, and if attacked first, the United States will not have the ability to retaliate. A further concern is the influence of the United States are declining in the Western Hemisphere. Many military officials and cabinet members to pressure to carry out an attack by the air force on this place, but Kennedy ordered a naval blockade and began negotiations with the Soviet Union. Instead of the word "blockade", the word "isolation" is used to describe the work, as defined by international law, the blockade is an act of war. A week later, John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader - Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev, towards a compromise, under which Khrushchov agreed to remove the missiles if the United States did not invade Cuba commitments, and agreed tacit remove ballistic missiles by the United States in Turkey within six months.
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