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Arms and Space Race

Thorsten Alexander Weber. Arms and Space Race. Use while following along with the presentation Slides with answers are marked in red Hand in after class. Reminder. Arms. RACE. Each side wanted to make sure that they were ahead of the other in military technology

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Arms and Space Race

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  1. Thorsten Alexander Weber Arms and Space Race

  2. Use while following along with the presentation Slides with answers are marked in red Hand in after class Reminder

  3. Arms RACE

  4. Each side wanted to make sure that they were ahead of the other in military technology Both powers spent more and more money on their military / defense The more military power to show, the better Arms Race Guided Notes – Question 1

  5. Arms Parade

  6. When the Soviet Union developed its own nuclear weapons in 1949 the “Nuclear Age” truly started. Wars would never be the same again. Nuclear Age Now, a war could literally mean the end of human existence as we know it.

  7. Nuclear Bomb Explosion “We knew the world would not be the same. [.. ] A few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered from a Hindu (religion) text: “Now, I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds” J. Robert Oppenheimer (nuclear scientist) Total destruction within an area of 50 square miles (everything from Buffalo to the North of Niagara Falls to the East of Batavia would turn to ashes…

  8. Nuclear Missiles 1 Nuclear weapons could be delivered by different means… Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Can fly across the ocean and hit the country of the enemy) Guided Notes – Question 2 (Part 1)

  9. Nuclear Missiles 2 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (Hard to detect, close to the coast of enemy) Guided Notes – Question 2 (Part 2)

  10. Nuclear Bomber • The US and the Soviet Union kept armed “Strategic Bomber” planes ready at all times to have another method to deliver their nuclear bombs United States B2 bomber: About $1.5 billion per plane !!! Guided Notes – Question 2 (Part 3)

  11. Mutually Assured Destruction Nuclear Deterrence One side cannot win a nuclear war, because it is assured that it will be destroyed as well. By having multiple ways of delivering weapons to retaliate, stability is assured. M.A.D. (That says it all) (Deter: Convince somebody not to do something)

  12. Share of Nuclear Weapons • The number of nuclear weapons was able to destroy the enemy (and its allies) multiple times !!! Guided Notes – Question 3

  13. Space RAce Picture of the earth from behind the moon Apollo 8, Christmas 1968

  14. Time Frame: 1957-1975 Purpose: Show that own political system is more advanced Benefits: Stronger focus on education and science The Soviet Union led at the beginning The US and Russia got their knowledge from German rocket scientists they captured after WW2 Space Race

  15. First Satellite: Sputnik Caused widespread fear in the United States that the Soviet Union had better technology Launched on October 4, 1957 by Soviet Union Guided Notes – Question 4

  16. Sputnik • The launch of the Soviet satellite led to the creation of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Increased funding for education to make up for scientific gap

  17. First MAMMAL in SPACE “Laika”,the first dog in space. She did not return to earth, but stayed in orbit until April 14, 1958 when she died. (Launched on November 3, 1957 by Soviet Union)

  18. First huMan in Space: Yuri Gagarin “Hero of the Soviet Union” Launched on April 12, 1961 (Yuri Gagarin) Guided Notes – Question 5 (Part 1)

  19. Challenge for the U.S. When you are behind in a race, can you keep on going at the same speed?

  20. “We Choose to go to the Moon” President John F. Kennedy, 1962 (Rice University, Texas)

  21. First Man on the Moon “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong - July 20, 1969) Guided Notes – Question 5 (Part 2)

  22. US - Space Shuttle • In the late 1970s and during the early 1980s the United Statesdeveloped its Space Shuttle program to lower the price of launching humans/objects into orbit • Last plannedlaunch 2011

  23. Look at the cartoons Figure out for yourself what is meant / implied Write a whole paragraph about it Task Instructions

  24. What does it mean for YOU Question

  25. For YOU life is a lot more relaxed in schools these days… In the past there were “Duck and Cover” bomb drills in class Life in school

  26. Today Have you seen these signs before?

  27. Let’s (NOT) Start Over • A new arms race with China ? • Presented its first stealth fighter 2010 • 2nd largest military spending with annual raise of >10% • China is working on 4 aircraft carriers until 2020 • China made first anti-satellite weapons test

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