Nuclear arms race

Question 1

When was the nuclear arms race from

Answer 1

1945 - 1965

Question 2

What was the first thing that started the arms race

Answer 2

Usas use of the atomic weapon in 1945

Question 3

How did USSR retaliate to usas use of the atomic weapon

Answer 3

Soviet’s increased their research into atomic weapons after Japan and the first soviet atomic bomb was tested by 1949

Question 4

How did USA respond to ussr creating their own atomic weapons

Answer 4

Ordered the creation of more powerful hydrogen bombs
Spending increased to $50 billion by 1953

Question 5

What had the soviets increased their spending to by 1953

Answer 5

25 billion

Question 6

What did they both do in1953

Answer 6

Tested h bombs for first time

Question 7

What did USA do in 1954

Answer 7

Created most powerful weapon yet equivalent to 15million tons of tnt

Question 8

What was capable by 1954

Answer 8

Both sides could wipe eachother out
MAD

Question 9

What did USSR launch into space in 1954

Answer 9

The first satellite Sputnik that could orbit the Earth in 19 minutes the USA were worried it could be used as a weapon

Question 10

What did USA form as a response to Sputnik

Answer 10

NASA

Question 11

By 1960 what did both sides have

Answer 11

Intercontinental ballistic missiles that could be fired over long distance

Question 12

What did they both have by the late 1960s

Answer 12

Antiballistic missile defences to stop ICBMs