When the Soviet Union began to install intermediate range ballistic mi

When the Soviet Union began to install intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) in Cuba, President Kennedy threatened

A) to destroy the missile sites with surgical air strikes from bases in Florida.
B) to quarantine Cuba by not allowing missile-carrying Soviet ships into Cuban waters.
C) to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.
D) to place American intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) in Turkey.

ANSWER
B