The Arms Race
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The Arms Race
Andrew AbrahamsNick ShafferAnna ThorntonLlosh Gêrmet
The Cold War
• Era of tension between West and USSR• Arms Race was central in trying to gain an edge
Early Race• Race started after WW II • US were ahead of the
Russians• Both based missile
designs off of wartime German V2 rockets
• US developed first Hydrogen bomb in 1953 to be delivered by aircraft
Late 50’s – Early 60’s
• By end of 50’s, it was estimated 20 million Americans would die, 22 million injured in a Soviet missile attack
• JFK starts program to build shelters and educate the population on survival in 1961
Negotiations
• Non-Proliferation Treaty – US agreement to go into negotiation with Soviets
• SALT - Strategic Arms Limitation Talksfrom 1969 to 1972
• SALT 1 mostly unsuccessful • SALT 2 capped the maximum number of
nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles