In order to prevent this Khrushchev decided to make Cuba a special offer. The offer was to give Cuba more than 100 tactical nuclear weapons that had been shipped to Cuba along with the long-range missiles, but which crucially had passed completely under the radar of US intelligence. Khrushchev concluded that because the Americans hadn't listed the missiles on their list of demands, the Soviet Union's interests would be well served by keeping them in Cuba.
On the the 1st of august 2063 The United States of America unilaterally declared war on The Republic of Cuba. Unbeknown to the North Americans Cuba was in possession of 100 tactical nuclear weapons left as a secret gift from the USSR after the Cuban missile crises of 1962. They where all antiques.
Late at night on the 1st of August 2063 Cuba launched 73 nuclear missiles against US armed forces and city of Miami. Two missiles reached Miami, One landed on the the St Joseph's Catholic Church but failed to detonate, the other hit the downtown area killing twenty thousand people almost instantly.
In the retaliation that followed 32 % of the population of cuba was killed including the former president Fidel Castro. He was vaporised in his bed at the age of 138 years old. havana
In the retaltion that followed and the wider conflict that followed that 72.6 million people died in the space of three weeks.
As of the 26th of February 2063 Ariel Sharon was the worlds second oldest former leader of state after Cuba's Fidel castro. as of the 2nd of August 2063 he became the worlds oldest former Leader of state.
He has spent the last 55 years in a coma or "persistent vegetative state" after suffering a stroke in 2006
In 2041 he received a recived an honorary doctorate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
After the death of her husband Mary spent the next few years heading south. Eventually she settled in the town of San José in the Araucanía Region of Chile.
Over time Mary became a prominent member of the community.
In 2094 Mary Smith became the Chair of the regional council of Araucanía. She was A leading figure in the movement for Araucania's succession from the Republic of Chile
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