The Space Race and ICBM's
- In 1957 the Soviets launched the first Earth-orbiting satellite named Sputnik
- About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
- People feared that atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
- Soviets make sure the US could hear the beeping sounds just to scare them
- This gave the USSR an upper hand and they began to demand concessions
- (ICMB) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
- MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles) one missile that breaks off into 12 different Nuclear war heads to target many places
- Nuclear submarines
- M.A.D (Mutually Assured Destruction)
- Pre-emptive Strike
- SAC (Strategic Air Command) planes flying 24 hours a day
Summary:
Krushchev states that USSR wants to peacefully coexist with USA, after many years of competition. The nations did not violently fight each other; however, they did battle academically, greatly advancing technology and introducing satellites, ICBM's, nuclear submarines and putting the first man on the moon.
Krushchev states that USSR wants to peacefully coexist with USA, after many years of competition. The nations did not violently fight each other; however, they did battle academically, greatly advancing technology and introducing satellites, ICBM's, nuclear submarines and putting the first man on the moon.