Yesd, I lived through it. Didn't really expect to.

Since I'd spent most of my adult life with Russian Nuclear weapons only a few minutes away, and I knew that the Russians were in the same situation vis-a-vis American nuclear weapons, I could never understand why the Americans got their knickers in such a twist when it appeared that they were now faced with the same thing.

If they really believed all that MAD deterrent stuff, they should have been pleased to have the rockets on Cuba, as a reassurance which should reduce the danger of somebody thinking that a first strike by America might be worth trying. And that in turn would reduce the danger if a first strike by the USSR.

And on the same basis, they should see the idea of Iran having an effective deterrent as a potentially stabilising development.