The Cuban Missile Crisis and Missiles of Korea to United States

In the subject of History we have been talking about the Cuban Missiles Crisis in 1959. Nowadays, this continue happening but in others countries. In this essay I will talk about the missiles that threw Korea to the United States in 2017.

In 1959 Fidel Castro started a new pro-Communist state in what it regarded as its own ‘sphere of influence’. Castro appropriated American-owned businesses in Cuba. In 1960, Cuba received arms from the Soviet Union and the American spies knew that. Castro thought that United States wanted to invade the island, so in 1961, president Kennedy supplied arms, equipment and transport for anti-Castro exiles. They were met by 20000 Cuban troops armed with modern weapons. Castro’s troops killed them. In 1962 Cuba has the best army in Latin America, with many Soviet missiles, plus patrol boats, tanks, radar vans, missile erectors, jet bombers, jet fighters and 5000 Soviet technicians to help to maintain the weapons. The Americans watched all this like a big threat. Kennedy’s own intelligence department didn’t believe the USSR would send nuclear weapons to Cuba. In September, Kennedy though that Cuba was becoming an offensive military base. In 1962, U-2 spy plane flew over Cuba taken detailed photographs. Experts though were nuclear missiles sites. In October Kennedy decided a blockade of Cuba.

On February 12, 2017, South Korea reported that North Korea launched missiles as a challenge. Donald Trump recently assumed, I believe that North Korea declared its final stage in the development of nuclear weapons, capable of reaching the United States. Trump also lashed out at China for supporting North Korea, as the United States economy was affected. For decades, joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States generated discomfort in North Korea. North Korea has launched a ballistic missile as a challenge to the US government, according to intelligence services the missile could travel more than 2000km. The day after the launch, United Nations unanimously condemned the launch, denouncing the breach of 6 of its resolutions and warned about its readiness to adopt these significant against North Korea. Currently between both nations are publicly threatened. The United States is frightened by North Korea's nuclear weapons and believes that it should be curtailed or punished. North Korea states that its nuclear development is based purely and exclusively on the defense of its nation and not as part of an invasion project. The world is looking forward to how this tension between the two nations will evolve as it could trigger a nuclear war.

To conclude I can say that, both missiles brought many problems for both countries, one because they wanted to avenge the other country and the other because they was worried about attacking. As happened with Korea and the United States. Both have a leader. Also in both cases we are talking about of nuclear missiles and a possibility to finish in a war between both countries or more. In relation to the case of 2017 United States requests intervention to the UN (united nations), but in the case of 1959 does not ask intervention to anybody. Another difference is the distance between the countries involved. In 1959 united states feared logically by the proximity to Cuba and nowadays, the conflict is a thousands of kilometers ago. In my opinion the problem is the fear of United States to a possible attack. And I think that the new president of United Stated is very proud and he feels very powerful.