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Q: Why did us and USSR engage in arms race?
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What two races did the US and the Soviet Union engage-in?

The Space Race The Arms Race


Which country was most to blame in the arms race?

The US and the former USSR


What were the rights and responsibilities of the us and USSR during the nuclear arms race?

is this for history day


The race to build more atomic bombs between the US and the ussr during the cold war was called?

nuclear arms race


What term refers to the time period after world war 2 when the us and ussr were bitter enemies?

The arms race


Who is considered the victor of the Cold War?

Generally the West is considered the victor of the cold war. The arms race between the US and the USSR basically bankrupted the USSR and led to its downfall.


What was a result of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty?

The treaty slowed the arms race between the USSR and the US.


What was the Arms Race?

It was in the middle of the Cold War. This is describing the "race" between Russia (USSR) and the United States and both of their atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs. Arms Race = A race between to nations to produce the most weapons and the most powerful weapons. Ex) The cold war.. the USSR and the USA. And im guessing the US goal was to get more weapons than the USSR?


Which two sides faced off in the period after World War 2?

USSR and the US in the Cold War and Nuclear Arms Race


What was the outcome of the arms race?

Far more bombs and missiles than either the US or USSR needed. Miniaturized inexpensive electronics.


What was the collective name given to the massive build-up of nuclear weapons between the US and USSR called?

Nuclear arms race.


When was the Nuclear arms race?

1939 to 1989 The race began between Nazi Germany and England in 1939. The USSR began spying on the work in England. Nazi Germany quietly withdrew about 1942 as the US entered and took over the work from England. The US completed the first atomic bombs in 1945. The USSR completed their first atomic bomb using info from their spies in 1949. The nuclear arms race between the US and USSR officially ended in 1989.