THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Set up direct communication
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Sign the Limited Test Ban Treaty
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Destroy all their Nuclear missiles
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Let bygones be bygones
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Detailed explanation-1: -On August 5, 1963, the Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty: prohibits nuclear weapons tests or other nuclear explosions under water, in the atmosphere, or in outer space. allows underground nuclear tests as long as no radioactive debris falls outside the boundaries of the nation conducting the test.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) prohibits “any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion” anywhere in the world. The treaty was opened for signature in September 1996, and has been signed by 186 nations and ratified by 176.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Cuban missile crisis showed that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union were ready to use nuclear weapons for fear of the other’s retaliation (and thus of mutual atomic annihilation). The two superpowers soon signed the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned aboveground nuclear weapons testing.