POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The satellite, Sputnik
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An atomic/nuclear bomb
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An iron curtain
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A Cuban missle
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviets began construction of a near copy of the Fat Man bomb, using the detailed design descriptions provided by Fuchs . This replica, named Joe-1 by the West, was detonated at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan on August 29, 1949. Its estimated yield was about 22 kilotons.
Detailed explanation-2: -It would only be a matter of months before the U.S.S.R. exploded its own atomic bomb. The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or “First Lightning” (codenamed “Joe-1” by the United States), at Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949.
Detailed explanation-3: -29 August 1949 | Soviet Union tests its first nuclear bomb.
Detailed explanation-4: -The successful Soviet test came as a profound shock to the West. U.S. intelligence believed that the Soviet Union was at least several years away from being able to detonate a nuclear device.