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What role would the existence of the atomic bomb play in the cold war between the us and the Soviet Union?
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The Russians under Stalin were tense that the US had an atomic bomb and they did not. They made developing their own atomic bombs a priority. This was the beginning of the Cold War and a long arms race between the US and its allies (NATO) versus the Soviet Union and its allies (Warsaw Pact).
During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union had built so many nuclear weapons that they could destroy the world multiple times over. They developed the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), which expressed the idea that neither side would attack the other directly because if either side launched their nukes, the other would, too, and both would be destroyed.
"Destroy", in the Cold War sense, meant to destroy a nation's capacity to function as an industrialized country, not to kill everyone in it. However, many people believed that because of the radioactive fallout or other related catastrophes, everyone or almost everyone on Earth would be killed.
See the 1980's movies "War Games" and "The Day After." These late Cold War Movies show the expectations of ordinary people about what nuclear war would be like.
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What was not a major factor in the decision to use the atomic bomb?
sending a warning to the Soviet Union sending a warning to the soviet union
What successful test was made by the Soviet Union in 1949?
The Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in 1949.
Who was the second nation to test the atomic bomb?
The Soviet Union
What happened on September 2 1949 to change the relations between the US and the soviet union?
The USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb at a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan code named "First Lightning ."
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb the us response was?
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US response was to increase its own arsenal and its own testing of nuclear weapons.
What happened on September 2 1945 to change the relations between the US and the Soviet Union?
The soviet Union set off an atomic bomb.
Why did the Soviet Union simply go out of existence in 1991?
Why did the Soviet Union simply go out of existence in 1991? Beacause communism fell.
When did the Soviet Union have nuclear bombs?
The Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb in 1949.
What was not a major factor in the decision to use the atomic bomb?
sending a warning to the Soviet Union sending a warning to the soviet union
Was Mongolia a part of the sovient union in the 1900?
No. The soviet union was not in existence at that time.
What made the US and soviet union emerge from the war as superpowers?
the united states had the atomic bomb. The Soviet Union had the world's most powerful army.
The Cold War resulted from?
Tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II. The two nations were the United States and the Soviet Union.
What programs were the Rosenberg's involved in and what happened to them?
The Rosenbergs were involved in the Manhattan Project which designed and made the first atomic bomb. They spied for the Soviet Union and passed the information to the Soviet Union on how to make an atomic bomb. They were caught and were executed for spying. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the great value of their spying to the Soviet Atomic Bomb program was revealed.
What was not a major factor decision to use the atomic bomb?
sending a warning to the Soviet Union sending a warning to the Soviet Union
What successful test was made by the Soviet Union in 1949?
The Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in 1949.
What happened on September 2 1949 to change the relations between the US and the soviet union?
The USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb at a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan code named "First Lightning ."
The second nation to detonate an atomic bomb was?
The Soviet Union
