The Arms Race
The Arms Race
- USA drops atomic bomb in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- USSR tests its first nuclear bomb in 1949
- By 1953 both the superpowers had hydrogen bombs and
continued to develop weapons.
- There was some hope that the superpowers would
slow down their arms race development.
- But from 1957- 1959, US increased its
spending on missiles by 20%.
- USA
also placed missiles in several European countries (e.g. Italy)
- By 1961 relations were
deteriorating and the events in Cuba
almost brought the world to a nuclear war.
