The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff in October 1962 when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the United States, prompting a dangerous confrontation between the two superpowers. It matters because it brought the world closer to nuclear war than any other event during the Cold War, ultimately reshaping how the U.S. and Soviet Union managed their rivalry.
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古巴导弹危机(英語:Cuban Missile Crisis),又称古巴危機、加勒比海导弹危机或加勒比海危机(俄语:Карибский кризис,羅馬化:Karibsky krizis,IPA:[kɐˈrʲipskʲɪj ˈkrʲizʲɪs]),是1962年冷战时期在美国、苏联與古巴之间爆发的长达1个月零4天的严重政治、军事危机。事件爆发的原因是苏联为应对美国在意大利和土耳其部署弹道导弹的举措,在古巴部署了类似的弹道导弹,进一步导致对抗升级为一场世界危机。尽管这场危机持续时间很短,但其仍是美国国家安全史和核战争准备史中的一次重要事件,亦通常被认为是冷战升级为全面核战争的一次。
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