I totally forgot, I remember that Russia had their strategic location for nukes in Cuba, where was the USA's?
The US had nuclear missiles in silos out west, in places like Colorado. It also had nuclear missiles stationed in Western Europe, in places such as Britain, Germany and Italy.
In Turkey. The USSRs decision to place missiles in Cuba stemmed partially from the fact that the USA had placed missiles in Turkey that were capable of obliterating Moscow. The USA had already decided to remove these missiles from Turkey before the missile crisis but since Nikita Khrushchev didn't know that, president Kennedy promised to remove the USAs missiles from Turkey if the USSR removed its missiles from Cuba. Wiki the Cuban missile crisis.
Actually Russia was discovered putting nukes in Cuba and forced to remove them. Look up Cuban Missal Crisis on Wikipedia. The U.S had a triad of nuclear weapons. We had missiles, strategic bombers, and submarines with nuclear weapons. The idea was that you could not destroy America without destroying yourself also.
The US had nuclear missiles located in silos all over the western US and Canada. The had ballistic submarines with nuclear missiles. Half of the US carriers had nuclear bombs on board. There were weapons at major bases in Britain, Italy, Germany and Okinawa. A lot of the major navel bases and air bases had this kind of weaponry. The US put non nuclear missiles into Turkey, but they could be retrofitted in a week. We had land based missiles, submarine missiles that could be anywhere. Planes to carry bombs. If Russia launched a surprise attack and destroyed every base, we would have enough to lay waste to their country. Mutual assured destruction .
