Putin to U.S. - I'm ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis if you want one

FILE PHOTO: Cadets of Cossack corps watch a television broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing the Federal Assembly settlement of Rassvet outside Rostov-On-Don, Russia February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States wanted one and threatened to place hypersonic nuclear missiles on ships or submarines near U.S. territorial waters.

The Cuban Missile Crisis erupted in 1962 when Moscow responded to a U.S. missile deployment in Turkey by sending ballistic missiles to Cuba, sparking a standoff that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.