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GCSE History (Edexcel)
Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91
Arms Race
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What is believed to have marked the start of the arms race?
The bombings of
Hiroshima
and
Nagasaki
in
1945
When did the USSR develop their first successful atomic bomb?
1949
Why was the hydrogen bomb developed?
The
USA
had found a
spy
in their
nuclear team
What was the name of the spy found the USA's nuclear team?
Klaus Fuchs
What did the USA believe about Fuchs' espionage?
It had
sped up
the
development
of the
USSR's
atomic bomb
by
one year
When did the USA create their first hydrogen bomb?
1952
When did the USSR develop the technology to create a hydrogen bomb?
1953
How much more powerful is a hydrogen bomb compared to an atomic bomb?
1000
times more powerful
What type of bomb did the USA create and when?
Inter-Continental
Ballistic
Missile
in
1957
From how far away could ICBMs hit targets?
2,700
miles
away
How long after the creation of ICBMs did the USSR take to develop the same technology?
A few months
How did the arms race impact US-Soviet relations?
Created
more
fear
and
tension
between the
superpowers
During the
1950s
, the
USA
invested around
13%
of their
GDP
on
military spending
By the
1960s
, the
USSR
spent around
20%
of their
GDP
on their
defence budget
They believed the
existence
of
nuclear weapons
would
deter
warfare
Developed the policy of
Mutually Assured Destructions
(
MAD
) in the
1960s