The cuban missile Crisis was a high point of what came to be known as the cold war , the cold war referred to the competitions the tensions and a series of confrontaions between the united states of America and the soviet union , backed by their respective aliies , forunately , however , it never escalated into a hot war .
why was the cuban Missile crisis considered as the high point of the cold war ?

Explanation

(a) both the superpowers were directly poised against each other for the first time due to the cuban missile Crisis.
(b ) A war seemed imminent due to tension between the superpowers .