Dates
Weapons
People
MAD
Spread of Nuclear Weapons
100
The 1st successful testing of the H-bomb by the United States took place on
November 1st 1952
100
A bomb that was 67 times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
What is the H-bomb?
100
He was a president during the cold war who created the "New Look" foreign policy.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
100
The corresponding words to the acronym MAD.
What is Mutual Assured Destruction?
100
These three countries also created stockpiles of nuclear weapons in addition to Russia and the United States.
What is France, United Kingdom, and China?
200
The USSR caught up with the United States when testing their first H-bomb in
August 1953
200
Planes used for espionage
What is the U-2 spy plane?
200
He was the leader of the USSR during the cold war who challenged Eisenhower, especially during the shooting of the U-2 spy plane.
Who was Nikita S. Khrushchev?
200
The continuous act of nearly going to war.
What is brinkmanship?
200
The date when China detonated their first H-bomb
When was June 14th 1967?
300
Sputnik was launched by the USSR in
October 1957
300
This was used to counterbalance anti-ballistic missile systems by Soviets in Moscow.
What is MIRV? What is Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle?
300
He was the United Sates Secretary of Defense who primarily declared the MAD defense strategy.
Who was Robert McNamara?
300
He argued that nuclear weapons should have been used during the war in Korea.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
300
This country decided to test their nuclear weapon off the coast of Australia because it was too small of a country to test on home soil.
What is Great Britain?
400
The USSR shot down a U.S. spy plane on
May 1st 1960
400
A navy based system of weaponry that were difficult to target and destroy making them a perfect fleet for battle.
What are ballistic missile submarines?
400
Pilot of the U-2 plane that sparked more tension between an already tense USSR and U.S.
Who was Francis Gary Powers?
400
This year of presidential election focused primarily on the assumed nuclear gap between the USSR and the U.S.
When was 1960?
400
The fourth nation to obtain nuclear weapons
What is France?
500
In 1963, this was signed.
What is the Limited Test Ban Treaty?
500
Mainly designed for the delivery of nuclear weapons, these missiles are compatible with MIRVs and a common design for weaponry during the cold war.
What are ICBMs? What are Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles?
500
He was the United States president at the time of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
500
This operation was the closest thing to an ICBM with a live warhead that launched the Polaris A2 missile.
What is Operation Frigate Bird?
500
This country continued to produce nuclear weapons without the support of the Soviet Union.
What is China?
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