Arms Race
Category: History
Updated: 6 months ago
25/2/25
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Created byAnushka Ram
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US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Soviet Union successfully tests its first atomic bombUS develops the first hydrogen bomb (H-bomb).USSR tests its own hydrogen bomb.USSR launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite; raises fears about Soviet missile capabilities.US develops Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).Soviet Union tests the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated.Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of nuclear war.Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) signed between the US and USSR to limit nuclear weapons.US President Ronald Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed "Star Wars."Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed, reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.Cold War ends, and US & USSR sign START I, reducing strategic nuclear weapons.
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