How many soviet missile and jet bomber bases were in Cuba and on which part on the island were they located?
There were six Soviet missile and jet bomber bases on Cuba. In August 1962, after some unsuccessful operations by the US to overthrow the Cuban regime, the Cuban and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases in Cuba for a number of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles with the ability to strike most of the continental United States.
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