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The United States and Russia have all tried to develop anti-ballistic missiles. The United States developed the LIM-49 Nike Zeus in the 1950s. Russia also developed ABM missiles in the form of the A-35 anti-ballistic missile system and the new A-135 anti-ballistic missile system.

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The Cuban Missile Crises was when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev saw an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the Soviet Union and Cuba. To make a good its promise to defend Cuba from the United States. In May 1960, Khrushchev began to ship ballistic missiles to Cuba and technicians to operate them. This was scary for the United States because some of the nuclear weapons were not even closer to the United States.

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Even though the Arms Race was mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union, other countries were created nuclear weapons. These countries include The United Kingdom, China, and France.

In 1952 the United Kingdom was the third country to have an atomic bomb because of Operation Hurricane.

France became the fourth country to have nuclear weapons on February 13, 1960, when the atomic bomb Gerboise Bleue was detonated in Algeria.

China became the fifth country to have nuclear weapons on October 16, 1964 when it detonated a 25 kiloton uranium-235 bomb in a test named Lop Nur.

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Both sides created so many nuclear weapons that a ability to launch a devastating attack even after a full assault from the other side could occur. This became known as Mutual Assured Destruction. Both sides knew that any attack upon the other would also be devastating to themselves, causing them to not attack each other.

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Megatonnage: The destructive capability especially of a collection of nuclear weapons that is expressed in megatons.

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The Manhattan Project was top secret, even Vice President Truman didn't learn about it until he became president. However, Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin's spies were so good, he knew all about it.

The US B-52 bomber could fly 6,000 miles and deliver a nuclear bomb.

It is estimated that by 1961 there were enough nuclear bombs built to destroy the world.

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Nuclear bombs are extremely powerful weapons that can destroy an entire city and kill tens of thousands of people. The United States were the first country to develop nuclear weapons through the Manhattan Project during World War II. The United States used these weapons on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

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During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union created a nuclear arms race. Both countries spent billions of dollars trying to build huge amounts of nuclear weapons. The Cold War came to a close because the Soviet Union's economy was crippling. They were spending all their money on nuclear weapons causing their economy to be unbalanced with hardly any food. The Cold War lasted until the signing of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty of November 1990.

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Lectures in History Preview: Cold War Nuclear Arms Race