nuclear arms race:
compettion vetween the u.s and the soviet union during the cold war..
they thought that more weapons =more power..
americans really distrusted the soviets during ww2
august 2 atomic bombs were dropped in japaneese cities..
soviets began working on weapons
intercontinental ballistic missles or rockets.
these were cheaper, faster and more difficult to destroy..
the biggest problem was ccuracy..further distance traveled=less acuracy
minuteman.. atlas took over an hour to prepare..
space race-shwed they had missles avilable to launch..
POalri: it could carry nuclear missiles....16 nuclear thingys..the accuracy increased..
defense: they built large underground houses/bunkers..
massive retaliation: an attack from a massive country and a big war..basically they would retaliate back massively..
Cuban missile..edge of the nuclear arm race..
the plan was constucted by krushaf..as he felt that this was the only to catch up to the US
when JFK found out he was hastily formed a plan..
he also started that any misslis ;aunched from cuba would still be used..
teh culmination iswhen one of the planes was shot down over cuba! :O
they will leave cuba is we take out our missiles from turkey
the attorney general suggested that the us ignore the second letter.. and agree to the first..
all tension began to disapeer...soviet light bombers were to leave cuba..
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