Why did an Arms Race develop?

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USA had what of nuclear warfar from 19__ until USSR's testing of a bomb 1949?
Monopoly 1945
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Each superpower thought that science of weaponry would boost the what of their country?
Reputation
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What 3 events caused the US to develop the hydrogen bomb?
Berlin blockade 1948-9, communist takeover 1949, korean war 1950
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Both were trying to what with each other?
Compete
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What month/year did Khrushchev tell Britain's PM's wife that Soviet missiles could reach their counrty?
April 1956
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Who decided to inrease military spending after fears of being manipulated, what did it increase to in what year?
JFK, $50billion 1962
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As discovered in what year, Khrushchev would resist any attempts to cut what spending?
1964, military
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How many civilians in America were employed by the arms career?
30 million
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Military-industry complex had a good amount of control over? in both America and USSR
Politics
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