The Cuban Missile Crisis, inozivikanwawo seOctober Crisis of 1962 (Spanish), the Caribbean Crisis (Russian), kana Missile Scare, yaive kurwisana kwemazuva gumi nematatu (Gumiguru 16<unk>28, 1962) pakati peUnited States neSoviet Union yakatangwa neAmerican kuwanikwa kweSoviet ballistic missile deployment muCuba. Kurwisana kunowanzoonekwa sekuswedera kweCold War kusvika pakukwira muhondo yakazara yenyukireya. Mukupindura kukundikana kweBay of Pigs Invasion ya1961 uye kuvapo kweAmerican Jupiter ballistic missiles muItari neTurkey, mutungamiri Khritachev akabvuma kubvumirana kweCuba kuti adzivise zvombo zvenyukireya pachitsuwa cheCuba. Musangano wakavanzika pakati peSoviet Union neCuba wakatanga muna Chikunguru 1962, uye musangano wakazoitwa pakati peFidel Castro neSoviet Union pamusoro pechinangwa chekuvaka nzvimbo yekuvaka zvombo zvenyukireya.
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