Space&arms race
- Created by: Caroline
- Created on: 15-05-14 18:11
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- Space&arms race
- ICMS
- Established by the USA Iin 1957 and by 1959 they could be stored underground and be used in 30 seconds
- Sputnik
- Launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 changed the leaderboard of USA being on top of the game
- By 1960,both superpowers were intent of having enough weapons to be able to repson to an attack.They kept a check on the progress begin made by the othe rower by suing a series of spy networks.
- MAD
- Mutually assured destruction
- which was when both superpowers had enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world
- By the end of the 1960's.
- Mutually assured destruction
- Bases in countries
- USA had bases in Turkey near to USSR
- USSR had bases in cuba near to USA (only 144 km)
- ICMS
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