The discovery of nuclear missiles in Cuba was a major turning point in how the world would progress in terms of communication and entertainment and political positions from that point on. Before the United States' assumptions regarding the Soviet Union's possession of nuclear weapons in Cuba were proven, there was a great lack of communications between the nations which caused a major conflict between these two nations. By the time the nations came together, many problems could have been solved, but until then there was misunderstanding and apprehension of the unknown among many people in the United States. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the beginning of a revolution in communications between nations, but it caused great concern among the people of the United States and other surrounding nations. People simply didn't know what to believe when it came to the effects these nuclear weapons would have on the nation and the world as a whole. There was what could be considered a revolution as progress manifested itself and new ideas and even cartoons came out, all with the universal basis of nuclear weapons. The positives outweigh the negatives on many levels and show that something that seemed so terrible has indeed brought about many positive changes for the nation. The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 14, 1962 when U-2 flight crews took photos over Cuba which were then analyzed. meticulously by experts, who in turn discovered that there were in fact Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba (Compston, 228). The Soviet Union and the United States were exceptionally close to an all-out nuclear war that could have wiped out the entire human population. The photos were taken by a spy plane... middle of paper..., there was a huge need for the Cuban missile crisis to break out and for the missiles in Cuba to be discovered, because if if it hadn't happened, then there would still be a lack of communication to this day, or there would be for many years to come, and the nation as we know it may not yet be standing. This event in history was significant because it actually led to the connection of the world with each other and thus eliminated abundant tribulations. Nations would never have been connected by something as necessary as a hotline as soon as they were then. Ultimately, the positives outweighed the negatives as the only real negative was fear, and this fear was fear of the unknown. Even something that has the skin or covering of destruction and disaster can have an underlying reassurance of a positive ending or outcome.