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During the Cold War, which 13-day standoff in 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

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The crisis ignited when American U-2 spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missile sites being built in Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. The terrifying standoff ended with a secret agreement where the Soviets removed their weapons in exchange for the U.S. quietly withdrawing its own missiles from Turkey. Because the two superpowers came dangerously close to mutually assured destruction, the event led directly to the creation of the famous Moscow-Washington "hotline" to prevent future miscalculations.

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