answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Project 'Manhattan' or to simply say, Nuclear Bombs and the US "Red Scare" in the early 1950s. from then on every country wanted nuclear weapons, And the First to acquire was the US, then Russia, then the United Kingdom, then France, then China, then India, then Pakistan, then North Korea. It is believed that Israel also has them, but they refuse to either confirm or deny.

At the peak of the cold war arms race both the US and Russia had more than 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons and roughly 50,000 tactical nuclear weapons each, no other country in the world has ever had more than a few hundred total strategic and tactical nuclear weapons. As of 2014 both the US and Russia have reduced their stockpiles to about 3000 strategic nuclear weapons and zero tactical nuclear weapons (however the US maintains the parts from the dismantled 7000 strategic nuclear weapons and in an emergency could still reassemble them in a few months time into usable weapons, Russia likely has similar ability).

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What caused the arms race after World War 2?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Which technology was a product of the arms race following World War 2?

its the dang atomic bomb


Was the US involved in the World War I arms race?

To get a peace from all country during world war 1


How did militarism contribute to the outbreak of world war 2?

It encouraged an arms race


What effect did the development of the atomic bomb have on the world after World War 2?

it started the arms race. Russia got atomic arms by espionaje.


How did the nuclear arms race affect the course of the cold war?

The nuclear arms race was the core of the cold war.


Why is the arms race on land the least important cause of the world war 1?

it's not........


What was the arms race before world war 1?

to find out go on wikipedia x


What happened as a result of H-bomb testing after World War 2?

An arms race


How did militairism contribute to the outbreak of world war 1?

militairism encouraged an arms race.


What ended the 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.


What was the major result for the Russo-Japense War?

Launching of HMS Dreadnaught and a new world arms race.


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

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