Cuban Missile Crisis Hypothetical

[swansont]

56 minutes ago, toucana said:

Nope - The nuclear missile sites on Cuba were wholly under the control of Soviet technicians and military commanders. Cuban officers had no command authority or launch codes for the IRBMs, only the Kremlin could have authorised their use against the USA.

Fair enough - missiles would be launched from Cuba, rather than Cuba launching missiles.

It’s moot, though; Kennedy announced that any missiles launched from Cuba would be considered an attack by the Soviets.

[LaurieAG]

Just for those who are a bit slow.

So the big question is, if Cuba launched Russian missiles at US mainland targets, HOW MANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS WOULD THE US LAUNCH AT CUBA?