feb 1, 1963 - Nuclear test ban treaty

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[Cuban missile crisis] US finds out USSR building underground missile launching sites in Cuba, made to hit US in minutes (1962) → FDR freaks out/institutes naval blockade of Cuba til nukes are removed → days later, Khrushchev agrees to remove them if US doesn’t attack Cuba/ takes our nukes out of Turkey; EFFECT- sobering, led to Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
NTBT: USSR, US, and 100 other nations agree to end testing of nukes in the atmosphere; offset by new round in arms race to develop missile/warhead superiority

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