"It shall be the policy of this Nation to
regard any nuclear missile launched
from Cuba against any nation in the
Western Hemisphere as an attack
by the Soviet Union on the United
States, requiring a full retaliatory
response upon the Soviet Union."
—U.S. president John Kennedy, Address on
The Cuban Crisis—October 22, 1962
According to President Kennedy, the United States would consider "any
nuclear missile launched from Cuba" evidence of...
A Soviet aggression.
B Cuban nuclear proliferation.
C the globalization of the Cold War.
D an attack on the Western Hemisphere.