2007-11-15 06:58:13 · 7 answers · asked by JAMBO 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Because they reached a compromise and that led to a settlement. The Soviet Union new they could defend Cuba. A none atomic attack would be easy for the USA to achieve, destroying the missiles. So that left the SU with having to decided if it dared attack Turkey, as Western Europe was out of the question. They also knew we could nuke them better than they could nuke us.
This answer was written when the only question was:
Why were the superpowers able to resolve this crisis without going to war?
2007-11-15 07:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mutual interests and the threat of mutual destruction
2007-11-15 07:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by booman17 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MAD=Mutual assured destruction
2007-11-15 07:07:37 · answer #3 · answered by spartan 117 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To which crisis do you refer?
2007-11-15 07:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by cmdrbnd007 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We outspent the russians. They could not get an upperhand.
2007-11-15 07:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by jgonzos6 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both sides were reasonably sane and realized what was at stake.
2007-11-16 18:37:09 · answer #6 · answered by dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't want us to use our nukes and we didn't want them to use theirs.
2007-11-15 07:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋