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The Arms Race 1950s

The Arms Race 1950s. Trinity 1945 – 20 kt. The Arms Race. The Struggle to gain weapons superiority. Stage 1: US Superiority. The Race is on!!. Operation Crossroads - Bikini Island 1949 - 23Kt. RDS-1 – 1949 – 1 st Soviet Test – 22kt. History of Nuclear Testing.

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The Arms Race 1950s

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  1. The Arms Race 1950s Trinity 1945 – 20 kt

  2. The Arms Race The Struggle to gain weapons superiority

  3. Stage 1: US Superiority

  4. The Race is on!! Operation Crossroads - Bikini Island 1949 - 23Kt

  5. RDS-1 – 1949 – 1st Soviet Test – 22kt

  6. History of Nuclear Testing 1952 – “Ivy Mike” – First Thermonuclear Explosion – 10Mt

  7. 1953 – Upstart-Knothole – 252kt

  8. 1954 - Castle Bravo – 15-20Mt – Largest US Nuclear Explosion

  9. Stage 2: Soviets Turn the Tide Evolution of the ICBM

  10. US Nuclear Delivery System

  11. ICBMs • Inter-continental Ballistic Missile • 1957 – The USSR will successfully test their R-7 ballistic missile.

  12. Sputnik 1 • 1957 – USSR becomes the first to put an artificial satellite in orbit. (R-7 used)

  13. U-2 Incident – May 1960 • U-2 High Altitude Spy plan is shot down by a Soviet Surface-to-Air missile.

  14. And the US???

  15. Brinkmanship

  16. John Foster Dulles – Secretary of State • Prepared to risk war to protect national interests. - - Brinkmanship • “The ability to get to the verge without getting into war is the necessary art. If you cannot master it, you will inevitably get into war. If you try and run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.” • Dulles describing Brinkmanship

  17. Military Industrial complex • Having a financial stake in war-making , could become a threat to peace.

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