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Space Race/Nuclear Arms Race Timeline
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Sean Laing
⟶ Actualizado 17 ene 2018 ⟶
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USA successfully test Lithium Based H-Bomb
USA test Airborne H-Bomb
Eisenhower Commissions the Gaither Report to investigate state of US-Soviet Nuclear Capability: The report presents concept of a Missile Gap - predicting a 100 to 30 lead in favour of the USSR of ICBMs. The Washington Post reports that the USA is is becoming a Second-Class Power
Soviets Test First ICBM
By this point, only ten Soviet SS-6 ICBMs have been deployed
USA reaches agreements with UK and NATO to station IRBMs in other countries
In this year, SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles) are developed
USSR claims first victory in technological arms race Launches first satellite to orbit the Earth: Sputnik
USA authorise $1 Billion for development of the Space Race
US Navy's Vanguard Rocket crashes on take-off
First manned satellite launched - cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
By this point, USA has launched 63 space missions, catching up in the space race
From this point, US Discoverer satellite programme provides long-range intelligence gathering photos Renders U-2 flights semi-obsolete
NASA is founded