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Just like Cuba didn't really itself point missiles towards the US (it was the soviets), the Warsaw pact nations inside current EU were used as Soviet proxies to
by kzrdude 2y ago
Just like Cuba didn't really itself point missiles towards the US (it was the soviets), the Warsaw pact nations inside current EU were used as Soviet proxies too.
- Gud 2y agoOk, I still don't get it then. The Warsaw pact nations were not planning on using their nukes on other European nations with nuclear weapons, to avoid getting nuked themselves. This is documented in the (formerly) secret war plans that were released by the Czech republic.
- throwawayq3423 2y agoNot only did Cuba allow for missiles to be there, Castro specifically argued to use them. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/opinion/castro-wanted-a-nuclear-strike.html https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/opinion/castro-wanted-a-n...