Cuban Missile Crisis turns 60

Cuban Missile Crisis turns 60 | GZERO Media

Sixty years ago, the world got as close it's ever been to nuclear war.

For 13 days, the US and the USSR played a dangerous cat-and-mouse game over Soviet nuclear missiles parked in Cuba. The Cold War nearly got hot.

In the end, a shared sense of humanity allowed a diplomatic solution. The world breathed a sigh of relief.

Would Moscow and Washington do the same if Vladimir Putin uses nukes in Ukraine?

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