HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Arms Race
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Nuclear Race
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Nuclear Arms
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Nuclear Arms Race
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Detailed explanation-1: -The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -To help discourage Soviet communist expansion, the United States built more atomic weaponry. But in 1949, the Soviets tested their own atomic bomb, and the Cold War nuclear arms race was on.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of such arms races include India-Pakistan, Israel–Arab states, Greece-Turkey, and Armenia-Azerbaijan.
Detailed explanation-4: -For the most part, the Arms Race came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Detailed explanation-5: -The arms race also helped launch the space race, as the superpowers competed for dominance in space. Sending rockets into space with satellites attached demonstrated the capability to do the same with nuclear warheads. In 1957 the Soviets shocked the world by sending the first satellite-Sputnik-into space.