The nuclear arms race was the core of the cold war.
How did nuclear warfare affect the cold war?
Nuclear arms race was where Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were
the Soviet development of the atomic bomb in 1949
USSR and the US in the Cold War and Nuclear Arms Race
It was the biggest feature of the Cold War because it was an arms race between the U.S. and its allies versus the Soviet Union and its allies. At this point, it was whoever had the most nukes had the most power.
How did nuclear warfare affect the cold war?
Nuclear arms race was where Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were
Nuclear arms race was where Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were
Nuclear weapons arms race
The Arms Race ended with the end of the cold war and the breakup of the USSR. The nuclear arms race came about during the Cold War.
The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. Starting with the scientific breakthroughs of the 1930s which made their development possible, and continuing through the nuclear arms race and nuclear testing of the Cold War, the issues of proliferation and possible use for terrorism still remain in the early 21st century.
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The Cold War
The accumulation of nuclear arms shaped the cold war in many ways. When the us first started building and testing nuclear arms, the soviet union was furious and immediately began testing. Then the soviets successfully test their nuclear weapon. The u.s found this out out because a us spy plane found traces of nuclear material in the air.
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Since the two major fighting powers-US and Soviet Union-both had nuclear weapons, there was a constant threat of nuclear war. Nuclear war never happened in the cold war, but there were many close calls, most namely the Cuban missile crisis. The constant buildup of nuclear arms with both superpowers was the main focus of the cold war-the arms race. A heavy dependence on the Military-Industrial Complex and theories such as Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) used by President Kennedy and Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)/"Star Wars" used by President Reagan. Nuclear disarmament was also a main focus of the cold war.