US President Joe Biden said this month threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine put the threat of nuclear conflict at its highest since the Cuban Missile Crisis, which began 60 years ago today.Events in 2022 and in October 1962 have similar parallels - a belligerent Russia, a US president under pressure to respond to aggression, two nuclear superpowers facing off.Sixty years ago, the flashpoint was Cuba and the deployment of Russian nuclear missiles to the island - just 180km from the US mainland.
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