The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 during 1962 was a most perilous times of the Cold War period, leading the international community to the brink of nuclear war. The crisis developed when the U.S. learned that the Soviet regime had stationed nuclear warheads in Cuba's territory, just 90 miles from U.S. coastline. https://articles.abilogic.com/698679/what-caused-cuban-missile-crisis.html