The outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union that ultimately ended with a diplomatic resolution. The U.S. discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba, leading to a naval blockade and a confrontational showdown. The crisis concluded with the Soviets agreeing to remove their missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. commitment not to invade Cuba and secretly removing American missiles from Turkey, thereby reducing the immediate threat of nuclear war.