Salt 1 reduce the amount of nuclear weapons that the US and Soviet union had
Salt 2 reduce the amount even farther
Soviets invaded Afghanistan which stopped the salt 2
Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense initiative
he says that we rely on balanced military forces as detterance
Once the Soviets built up their forces they upset the balance
In order to combat this he proposed the SDI
SDI was a way for the US to defend against nuclear missiles
It was different from the land based programs already in effect
before the SDI we had teh Sentinel program
Extended range interceptor
ERINT system used a highly agile, radar homeing missile
Homeing overlay experiment
Equipped with an infared seeker adn a propusion system did nto have to explode
X-ray razer never actually deplode
was to be a series of nuclear powered lassers that could shoot down multiple missiles
Chemical Laser
A series of convential lasers fired from satellites had teh potential to intercept many weapons
had mixed success against satellites, cruise missiles, adn a simulated ICBM
Relay mirror experiment
This was an experiment to show that lasers could be shot into space and returned to earth
Brilliant Pebbles
This was a system of satellites that were able to fire mini-missiles
Brillant Eyes
This was a system of orbiting satellites used to track the progress of ballistic millisiles
One problem with SDI was that it would not be effective against convention threats
The soviets were mad bc it upset the deterrance
Missile defence system today
Soviet involvement with invading afghanistan
invasion
the invasion started december 24, 1979
afghan gov called soviets to help assist with anti communist rebels
rebels opposed afghan gov did not comply and many battles occured in cities
Insurrection
many of the rebels militants pursued jihad on the atheist soviets
the US and many other anti communist gov assisted funding and intelligence against the soviets
Man power
it is estimated that the soviets had as many as 110,000 men invade afghanistan of course not all at teh same time
there were up to 200,000 rebel militants that fought off the soviets with gorilla warfare
Casualities
only about 36000 soviets militants
over 75,000 rebels
Many militants fought off teh soviets with gurilla warfare tactics
daily rebels would fire over 800 missiles on targets
weapons were provided by the US and other nations
Occupation
Many soviets troops took over cities and big complexes in cities
everyday there were gunshots in kabul, the nations capital, between rebels and soviets
daily routines kept soviets on patrol 24/7
Exit period
in the leaving of soviet occupation in afghanistan
after ten years of fihting the afghan military took head at fighting the rebels
the afghan gov has not been the same since there really is no military power many of its militants are what is known today as Al-Queda, which we are at war with today
all soviets military was out of the country by feb 15, 1989
its known that the soviets were acting as teh US in Vietnam, which they are in a war which they cannot win
Al-Queda today
many of the rebels back in 1980l are officiated with al queda a terroristic group that used jihad against nations
a lot of the weapons provided by the US in afghanistan nare used against american forces at war in afghanistan today
Jimmy Carter
says that this was the biggest threat of world peace since WW2
accredited that if the rebels would have fell the soviets may not have ever collapsed
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