THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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The other branches of the military were no longer useful.
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President Eisenhower had been a general in the Air Force.
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Bomber aircraft were a main method for delivering nuclear bombs.
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The United States sent round-the-clock spy planes over the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the size of the Air Force grow in the 1950s while other branches of the military were shrinking? Bomber aircraft were a main method for delivering nuclear weapons.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first nuclear weapons were bombs delivered by aircraft. Later, warheads were developed for strategic ballistic missiles, which have become by far the most important nuclear weapons.
Detailed explanation-3: -American strategic delivery systems are divided into a triad, or three different modes of delivering nuclear weapons to the other side’s targets. The nuclear triad consists of long-range bombers, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
Detailed explanation-4: -Supporters of the bombings generally believe that they prevented an invasion of the Japanese mainland, saving more lives than they took by doing so. Opponents contend, among other arguments, that the bombings were unnecessary to win the war or that they constituted a war crime or genocide.