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Missiles

A missile can mean a self-propelled guided weapons system, or any thrown object.

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  3. Why did the united states feel like the missiles had to be removed from Cuba?

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  4. What are some reasons for the soviet placement of missiles in Cuba?

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  1. What are some reasons for the soviet placement of missiles in Cuba?

    The U.S. had more missiles. Some were were based in Turkey 15...

  2. Why were the missiles in Cuba withdrawn?

    Kennedy secretly agreed to remove all missiles set in souther...

  3. Why was the Cuban leader willing to have missiles in Cuba?

    In August 1962, after some unsuccessful operations by the US ...

  4. Why did the united states feel like the missiles had to be removed from Cuba?

    Basically out of fear; the U.S. announced that it would not p...

  5. What is the world's biggest missile?

    Cruise missiles are the largest missiles and are used by grou...

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  4. What was Khrushchev's key miscalculation when he was planning to place missiles in Cuba and why did he make that mistake?

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Andrew Shapiro, US assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs, (2nd-R) and his delegation gather around MANPAD missiles (Man-Portable Air Defence Systems) in the village of Sidi Bin Nur, east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on December 11, 2011. Shapiro said that a team of US and Libyan bomb-disposal specialists has secured about 5,000 surface-to-air missiles stockpiled during the regime of Moamer Kadhafi.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) attends a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council as European foreign ministers gather amid concerns that Russia plans countermeasures to NATO's own ballistic missile defense system, in Brussels, Belgium, on December 8, 2011. From left are British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and Canada's Foreign Minister William Baird. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev threatened last month to deploy missiles to Kaliningrad and other areas of Russia to be aimed at US and NATO missile defense sites in Europe, unless a deal is reached assuaging Russian concerns. Russia is not a member of NATO.

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (C) chairs a meeting of top military officials in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, on November 29, 2011. Medvedev announced today that Russia activated a radar warning system against incoming missiles in its exclave of Kaliningrad on the borders of the EU, in response to Western plans for a US missile shield in Europe.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) speaks, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and Federal Security Service Chief Alexander Bortnikov (R) look on during a meeting with the Security Council members in his residence of Gorki outside Moscow on November 23, 2011. Russia on Wednesday warned the West that it could deploy missiles on the EU's borders to strike against missile defence facilities that the United States plans to install in eastern Europe.

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