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Who developed the first atom bomb? When?
The US developed the first atom bomb in 1945.
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What was the situation at the Potsdam conference of 1945 (considering the arms race)?
The US had informed Britain of the development of the a-bomb, but kept the information from the USSR who found out through espionage. President Truman was arrogant because he knew that he didn't need Stalin's assistance in the war against Asia.
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Where and when was the first atom bomb dropped (in war)?
On the city of Hiroshima, Japan in August 1945. This ended the war in Asia.
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What was the name of the bomb and the plane that dropped the a-bomb on Hiroshima?
The bomb was named Little Boy and was dropped by the plane Enola Gay.
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How many people died in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A total of 129,000 people died in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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When and how did the USSR develop their first atom bomb?
In 1949 dropped the a-bomb RDS-1, developed through the help of espionage.
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Who developed the first hydrogen bomb? When?
The US developed the first hydrogen bomb in 1952.
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How much more powerful is the hydrogen bomb than the atom bomb?
The h-bomb is smaller but 2500 times more powerful than the a-bomb.
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When did the USSR develop the hydrogen bomb?
In 1953 the USSR h-bomb was developed.
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Who developed the first ICBMs? When?
The USSR developed their first ICBMs in 1957.
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What are ICBMs?
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles are long range missiles designed to deliver nuclear missiles.
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What was the impact of ICBMs?
They were faster than flying planes to drop nuclear bombs and could be launched from anywhere.
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What was MAD?
In the early 60s the policy of Mutually Assured Destruction ensured that if one country launched a nuclear strike both countries would be completely destroyed, as by 1961 there were enough bombs to destroy the world.
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What were ABMs?
Anti-Ballistic Missiles shot down incoming missiles.
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Why was finding missiles on Cuba a major issue?
They undermined the US ABMs (which were in the north) and could reach most of America.
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What was SALT I?
In 1972 the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty agreed to put caps on the number of nuclear weapons the superpowers could have.
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What did Reagan increase defence spending to in 1981?
He raised it from $179 billion to $370 billion - the largest peace-time raise of defence spending in American history.
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What was SDI? Why was it controversial?
The Strategic Defence Initiative (aka Star Wars) was a plan to put lasers in space to detect and destroy incoming missiles. It created controversy because it broke the Outer-Space Treaty of 1967 and undermined the policy of MAD.
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What was the INF Treaty?
In 1987 the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty agreed to eliminate all nuclear forces with a range of 500-5500 km.
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What was CFE?
In 1990 the Conventional armed Forces in Europe Treaty agreed to limit conventional arms of NATO and the Warsaw Pact in Europe.
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What was START I?
In 1991 the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty agreed to destroy around a third of each country's nuclear warheads. It was signed in Moscow with pens made of scrap nuclear missile metal.
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