Answer: a channel of direct communication was established between the governments of Washington and Moscow in order to resolve hostilities like this.
Explanation:
The Missile Crisis of 1962 refers to the thirteen days of the impasse between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962 due to the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island of Cuba. A crucial moment in the direction of the tension between the two powers was the approach of a Soviet naval fleet to the United States ships blocking the island. Faced with growing tension, Nikita Khrushchev was willing to withdraw the missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy's promise that the United States would not invade the island. The US government secretly undertook to withdraw missiles it had installed in Turkey, bordering the USSR, in June 1961. The countries reached an agreement that ended the Missile Crisis on October 28, 1962.
After this episode, a channel of direct communication was established between the governments of Washington and Moscow in order to resolve hostilities like this. The possibility of a direct armed conflict had bothered the two powers and both agreed to sign agreements on the use of nuclear weapons. But the Cold War was far from over, and the episode encouraged the Soviets to invest in technologies that would allow ballistic missiles to reach the United States from Europe.
