the Cuban missile crisis
/ðə ˌkjuːbən ˈmɪsaɪl kraɪsɪs/
/ðə ˌkjuːbən ˈmɪsl kraɪsɪs/
- a dangerous political situation that developed in 1962 between the US and USSR. President Kennedy became aware that there were Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba and sent the US Navy to stop Soviet ships from bringing more. It seemed possible that there would be a nuclear war between the two countries, but the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ordered the Russian ships to turn back and later removed all of the weapons.
古巴导弹危机：1962年美苏之间发生了危险的政治局势。肯尼迪总统开始意识到古巴有苏联核武器，并派遣美国海军阻止苏联船只携带更多核武器。两国之间似乎有可能发生核战争，但苏联领导人尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫（Nikita Khrushchev）命令俄罗斯的船只转身，随后撤走了所有武器。