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minus-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·10 months agoMoving Soviet missiles to Cuba was a deterrence and that almost triggered a nuclear war.
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThat wasn’t a deterrent, it was a response to US aggression stationing missiles in turkey
minus-squarePili@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoFor the USSR, it was a response to the missiles in Turkey. But Cuba wanted those missiles there also as a deterrence to not have a repeat of the bay of pigs invasion. In that case it was both.
Moving Soviet missiles to Cuba was a deterrence and that almost triggered a nuclear war.
That wasn’t a deterrent, it was a response to US aggression stationing missiles in turkey
For the USSR, it was a response to the missiles in Turkey. But Cuba wanted those missiles there also as a deterrence to not have a repeat of the bay of pigs invasion.
In that case it was both.