+The Cuban Missile Crisis was a perilous 13-day [Cold War](/wiki/cold_war) confrontation in October 1962, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the precipice of [Nuclear War](/wiki/nuclear_war). It unfolded after the discovery of Soviet ballistic missiles secretly deployed in Cuba, prompting a naval blockade and urgent diplomatic efforts to avert global catastrophe.
+## See also
+- [John F Kennedy](/wiki/john_f_kennedy)
+- [Nikita Khrushchev](/wiki/nikita_khrushchev)
+- [Soviet Union](/wiki/soviet_union)
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