Cuban Missile Crisis!

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major part of the Cold War. In mid September of 1962, we (the USA) received word that the Soviet Union and Cuba had allied and were planting Nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at us. Upon hearing this news, the USA began flying U-2 planes over Cuba to take photos of the missile camps. These U-2 flights would eventually lead to the U-2 Incident. Throughout the entire Cold War time period, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest to Nuclear Warfare that the USA came to with the USSR.