During what war did the "Cuban Missile Crisis" occur?

The story behind the answer

Cold War is correct because the Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) was a tense standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union—two superpowers locked in ideological rivalry after World War II. It wasn’t a shooting war like World War I or II; instead, it was part of the Cold War’s indirect, high-stakes confrontations.

For 13 days, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war when the USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. The crisis ended with a deal: the Soviets withdrew their missiles from Cuba, and the U.S. pledged not to invade Cuba and quietly removed missiles from Turkey. Memory tip: “Cold” as in no direct battles between the superpowers, and “Cuban” points to the hotspot that nearly made the Cold War turn hot.