Conversation so far:
who was involved with the cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
Because of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961 and American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, Nikita Khrushchev placed nuclear missiles on Cuba to deter a future invasion.

Question: can you tell me about the ballistic missles
Self-contained rewrite: What was the Jupiter missile?