Cuban Missile Crisis Background Info

Question 1

What happens after the Bay of pigs with the Soviet arms?

Answer 1

Soviet arms flooded in Cuba.

Question 2

By September 1962 what did Cuba have?

Answer 2

Cuba had thousands of Soviet missiles, patrol boats, tanks, radar vans, jet bombers and 5000 Soviet technicians to maintain the weapons.

Question 3

USA watched this with great alarm and they were ready to tolerate conventional arms, however what were they not prepared to happen?

Answer 3

They were not prepared for Cuba to install nuclear so close to the USA

Question 4

On 11 September what did the USSR assure the USA?

Answer 4

That they had no intention of putting nuclear missiles on Cuba .

Question 5

On 14 October what did US spy planes do?

3 points

Answer 5

1) Spy planes flew over Cuba and took detailed photos of Nuclear missile sites.
2) some sites were nearly finished and expats warned that they could be ready to launch a nuclear missiles in seven days.
3) you are a spy planes also reported that 20 Soviet ships are currently on their way to Cuba carrier nuclear missiles

Question 6

How long was the confrontation between the USA and USSR over Soviet nuclear missiles installed in Cuba?

Answer 6

13 days