Cards (12)

    • 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