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An arms race is when two countries compete to get the best weapons the fastest. In the Cold War, it was the US and USSR competing to see who could get the strongest or the most Nuclear weapons. It got to such a dangerous point that both countries had to disassemble a portion of their bombs after tensions died down.

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How did the Atomic Bomb ruin US and Soviet Union relations?

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How did the Atomic Bomb ruin US and Soviet Union relations?

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When the US dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, they did not notify the USSR that they would be doing that. This was upsetting to the USSR and after their friendship died out post WW2, the USSR began working on their own atomic bomb. In 1949, the Soviet Union tested their first nuclear weapon and so the arms race began.

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The Hydrogen Bomb was the next big advancement in nuclear weapons. It was the first thermonuclear weapon which meant that it was more destructive. The US created and tested it in 1952. It gave the US a brief advantage over the USSR in the arms race.

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An intercontinental ballistic missile is basically a missile that can be launched from one continent to another. This was scary because it eliminated the potential that a pilot would get shot down or stopped before they were able to finish dropping a bomb and instead they could just launch a missile from the comfort of their home. In this instance, the USSR made their first in 1958 and they US caught up in 1959.

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Why did the US think they were at a disadvantage in the arms race?

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Why did the US think they were at a disadvantage in the arms race?

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For a ten year period after Russia made their first ICBM, the US thought they were way behind in the arms race. This was further enforced when Russia won the race to space with their Sputnik spacecraft. This led the US to produce way more missiles and such. However, the US never was even at a deficit in the Arms race and were winning the whole time.

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The USSR was housing missiles and warheads in Cuba and the US didn’t like that and this was probably the closest anything ever got to being a nuclear war.

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3 Ways the Arms Race Created Competition

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3 Ways the Arms Race Created Competition

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The Arms race caused competition by people trying to have the most powerful weapon as fast as possible.

It also caused competition with everyone trying to make as many warheads as possible.

It lastly caused competition by also trying to stop the other from firing so that nuclear war didn’t break out.

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3 Ways the Cold War can be Compared to Today

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3 Ways the Cold War can be Compared to Today

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With the recent Ukraine invasion, things are very tense with the threat of Nuclear War

All the countries want nuclear weapons in today’s world

Lastly, all the advancements made in the arms race has led to nuclear weapons being incredibly dangerous that the world could literally be destroyed with the amount that exist.