Question

Which statement explains how the development of the hydrogen bomb contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 1

The statement which best explains how the development of the hydrogen bomb contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis is that a) the hydrogen bomb was so powerful that an attack on Cuba would end up doing damage to the U.S. mainland. This was because Florida lay ninety miles from Cuba and American secret satellite detected while flying over Cuba, missiles that had been implanted by the USSR. This caused concern for the United States and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.