Missiles in Cuba:
To make tension even worse between these two superpowers, the United States discovered that there were nuclear weapons and heavy military bases in Cuba. This was a big deal for the United States because Cuba is only about 480 miles from Cuba, which is very close. Plus, once the news of Cuba's missiles had reached Americans, they were very scared and even started to build bomb shelters at their homes. The fact that the missiles and military bases belonged to the Soviet Union made President Kennedy even more upset. Due to the previous conflicts that the two superpowers had between each other, nuclear war was a possibility at that moments and President Kennedy had to find a solution.