There missiles ready and pointed at each country by the enemy state.
The movement of USSR missiles to Cuba caused an immediate reaction by the US. Negotiations worked back and forth to prevent a missile attack by either side. The US had missiles in Turkey which the USSR believed to be a threat to their safety.
The system of laws that had the greatest influence on modern American law is "Roman law," since it was this system that established many of the checks and balances within the central government that the US uses today. This should be right!
I think the answers are B,and D