the usa where the clear winners of the the arms races. The Americans had more than the ussr in nuclear tech as they had many more nuclear weapons they also had a way of launching their missiles which the ussr had not, but they were afraid of the USSR’s space technology as they had launch the first animals in space they also had the first robot on the moon. people said that the us was sleeping under a red moon.

but the USSR were not wealthy enough to produced the same amount of missiles kruchicheve said that producing missile like they were sausages this was an empty boast.

friendly

the USA reconises that castro is the new leader

neutral

castro had started to side with communism the communist gave Cuba weapons like the Truman doctrine and Marshall plan.

castro took over some of the usas businesses and all of the sugar farms.

investigating ways to overthrow Castro

damaging Cubans crop disrupt Cuban economy

stop trading oils with them and many other substances.

the us cut them self off from cuba

hostile

Castro did this to become a more firm leader, he wanted to do what the people wanted as well he put the sugar money into education and helped the poor this worked as his brother is in power to this day

they bay of pigs was an invasion from the usa  the exciles where the attackers the invasion failed all of the 1400 exiles were kill or captured within days. the exiles were poorly trained.

ICBM the inter Continental ballistic missile