Arms Race

• The Arms Race:

  • 1945 - USA developed and used nuclear bomb

  • 1949 - USSR caught up

  • 1950 - USA developed hydrogen bombs

  • 1953 - both had hydrogen bombs and continued to compete

  • 1954 - USA tested the biggest ever hydrogen bomb

  • 1955 - B52 bombers (strong enough to blow up Moscow)

  • 1957 - the USSR launched Sputnik

  • 1957-1959 - USA increased its spending on missiles by 20%

  • NASA formed