Why were the offending missiles, originally placed in Cuba?

A) To deter a communist invasion

B) To deter an invasion from the United States and to Counter the U. S. missiles in Europe and Turkey

C) To deter a communist first strike

D) To counter Soviet missiles that were already there, and to eliminate any first strike capability we created

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Will Harris

13 April, 08:08

Why were the offending missiles, originally placed in Cuba?

A) To deter a communist invasion

B) To deter an invasion from the United States and to Counter the U. S. missiles in Europe and Turkey

C) To deter a communist first strike

D) To counter Soviet missiles that were already there, and to eliminate any first strike capability we created

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Lucian Robles · Answer 1

B. To deter an invasion from the United States and to Counter the U. S. missiles in Europe and Turkey ... Because the U. S. had missiles in Turkey they could threaten the soviets so to counter that they placed missiles in Cuba.

Tristan Robles · Answer 2

C. is the answer i think ... um yeah