Cold war rivalries

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Created by
Fateha Begum

Cards (2)

  • Arms race/Space race - USA part 1
    1. USA drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug 1945)
    2. US tests 1st hydrogen bomb in Enimetoic (Nov 1952)
    3. USA explodes 1st lithium bomb (Mar 1954)
    4. USA develops 1st B52 bomber with intercontinental range (1955)
  • Arms race/Space race - USA part 2
    5. USA's vanguard satelite launch fails (Dec 1957)
    6. USA set up explorer satelite launched an WDEA passed (1958)
    7. Both successfully test an ABM (early 1961)
    8. USA deploy medium range missiles in Italy and Turkey (1961 -2 )