The Caribbean crisis is also known as the Cuban missile crisis. From 65438 to 0962, the Cuban missile crisis that shocked the world occurred in the Caribbean. It was triggered by the Soviet Union's deployment of missiles in Cuba and the United States' insistence on dismantling missiles. This was the fiercest confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Although the crisis only lasted 13 days, the United States and the Soviet Union wandered around the nuclear bomb button, bringing mankind to the brink of destruction as never before, and the world was at a critical juncture.