Cold War Arms Race
Erin Faulkner
The Cold War Arms Race
Questions: 1. The impact of technology on the arms race Nuclear weapons were a massive impact of technology that started the Arms Race, and that all began on August 29, 1949. The arms race was the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that could have a major impact on wherever it was deployed upon. The arms race was between the United States and the Soviet Union, it was the period of massive build up of nuclear weapon stockpiles. James Carter who was at the time of the arms race the President of the United States had apparenty, “Hoped that American relations with the Soviet Union would continue to improve and that the two nations could come to economic and arms control agreements that would relax Cold War tensions”, and that “The Carter administration have toned down its human-rights based criticisms of the Soviet Union after the Brezhnev government threatened to end the arms control talks”. James Carter seemed to have many beliefs and goals about this whole ordeal. After James Carter lost presidency to Ronald Reagen, the new president, Reagen, was thrown into the arms race. Ronald Reagan’s defence secretary, Caspar W. Weinberger claims that Reagan said this, “This is a Cold War that needs to be won. It was a matter of demonstrating to them that they couldn 't win a war. In order to do that we have to regain our strength”. That pretty much speaks for its self. Phases of development in technology in the arms race included, the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb, plutonium bomb, the development of atomic energy, atomic energy act was signed by Harry Truman to control the development of atomic energy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established, Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb, first nuclear tests at Nevada, British atomic bombs tested, and so it all goes on and on until something major ends up happening in the U.S. and Soviet Russia and just backfires
The Cold War Arms Race
Questions: 1. The impact of technology on the arms race Nuclear weapons were a massive impact of technology that started the Arms Race, and that all began on August 29, 1949. The arms race was the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that could have a major impact on wherever it was deployed upon. The arms race was between the United States and the Soviet Union, it was the period of massive build up of nuclear weapon stockpiles. James Carter who was at the time of the arms race the President of the United States had apparenty, “Hoped that American relations with the Soviet Union would continue to improve and that the two nations could come to economic and arms control agreements that would relax Cold War tensions”, and that “The Carter administration have toned down its human-rights based criticisms of the Soviet Union after the Brezhnev government threatened to end the arms control talks”. James Carter seemed to have many beliefs and goals about this whole ordeal. After James Carter lost presidency to Ronald Reagen, the new president, Reagen, was thrown into the arms race. Ronald Reagan’s defence secretary, Caspar W. Weinberger claims that Reagan said this, “This is a Cold War that needs to be won. It was a matter of demonstrating to them that they couldn 't win a war. In order to do that we have to regain our strength”. That pretty much speaks for its self. Phases of development in technology in the arms race included, the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb, plutonium bomb, the development of atomic energy, atomic energy act was signed by Harry Truman to control the development of atomic energy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established, Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb, first nuclear tests at Nevada, British atomic bombs tested, and so it all goes on and on until something major ends up happening in the U.S. and Soviet Russia and just backfires
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