ARMS RACE
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- Created on: 28-05-15 11:27
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THE BOMBS;
- the Americans were the first to develop the atomic bomb on the 16th July 1945 at New Mexico which was where it was exploaded
- it was known as the Manhattan Project
- the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only ended war in the pacific but showed the amount of mistrust between USA/USSR
- the launch of the Baruch Plan in 1946 wanted America to share its knowledge on nuclear weapons but for nobody else to develop it
- the Soviets accused this as America trying to retain control of nuclear weapons
- thus the plan was scrapped
- scientists such as Robert Oppenheimer worked on developing the a-bomb
- on the 29th August 1949 exploaded their own atomic bomb
- America decided to one-up them and launch…
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