COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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the hydrogen bomb testing
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spy plane technology
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missile development
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destroyer and cruiser construction
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Detailed explanation-1: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.
Detailed explanation-2: -US officials were worried that one of the Cuban or Soviet SAMs in Cuba might shoot down a CIA U-2, initiating another international incident.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United States first responded to the Soviet Union’s possession of atomic weapons by creating a hydrogen bomb, which was much more powerful than a fission bomb. When the Soviet Union exploded their first hydrogen bomb in 1953, the US responded by increasing their nuclear arsenal.
Detailed explanation-4: -On August 5, 1963, after more than eight years of difficult negotiations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.