Bargaining power - He could offer to remove them in return for US concessions elsewhere. e.g US to leave Berlin , 'To put a hedgehog in Uncle Sam's underpants' - Giving the US a 'taste' of their own medicine', To even up the nuclear 'balance of power' - The USSR had far fewer ICBMs than the US. IRBM and SRBMs on Cuba would 'close the missile gap', To defend Cuba - Cuba was the only communist country in the Western 'sphere' - the USSR had a responsibility to support it., To strengthen his 'personal' position - Some in the USSR felt Khrushchev's leadership was waning,

Explain why Khrushchev placed Missile on Cuba?

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