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> "How would the US react if Russia build a missile defense site in Cuba?" I think that was the trigger for the Cuba crises?
by s3nnyy 9y ago
> "How would the US react if Russia build a missile defense site in Cuba?"
I think that was the trigger for the Cuba crises?
- djrogers 9y agoNo, you’re mixing up missile defense and missile silo/launch site.
- danbruc 9y agoWhile this is absolutely true in this case, one should not ignore the fact that an interceptor can be just as big a missile as an ICBM and they can even have nuclear warheads to blow up incoming missiles. There are of course really important differences, but those things are powerful weapons on their own and one should not think of a missile defense site as a harmless thing firing little rockets towards incoming reentry vehicles.
- danbruc 9y agoThat were offensive weapons right from the start but that is of course why I picked Cuba together with the similar distances. It is only a bad example because I can not easily come up with a justification for Russia needing a missile defense site there that is as good or bad as NATO justifying the need with Iran and North Korea.
- user982 9y agoThe Cuban Missile Crisis was directly precipitated by the US placing nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey and aiming them at Moscow.