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Superpower rivalry
nearly destroyed
the world in 1962
when Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev
secretly deployed
nuclear missiles on
Cuba, within easy
range of the US.
Kennedy blockaded
Cuba and demanded
the removal of the
missiles. Nuclear
war was a matter
of minutes away
when Khrushchev
backed down