Arms Race

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Cards (5)

    • Tensions increased between USA and USSR to win military supremacy
    • This led to arms race
    • 1945: USA develops atomic bomb
    • 1949: USSR develops atomic bomb
    • 1952: USA tests hydrogen bomb
    • 1953: USSR tests hydrogen bomb
    • 1957: USA tests ICBM
    • 1957: USSR tests ICBM
    • Both sides realised weapons could destroy world
    • Both agreed to "mutually assured destruction" - deterrent from using weapons
  • New leaders:
    • Eisenhower elected in 1953: wanted to improve relations between superpowers, strongly anti-communist
    • Krushchev elected in 1956: openly criticised Stalin policies, believed in co-existence, destalinisation
  • Geneva Summit:
    • Made progress with destalinisation
    • Ended when FDR joined NATO