COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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the Cold War
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Weapons War
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the Arms Race
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WWII
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union is another example of a 20th-century arms race.
Detailed explanation-2: -Initially, only the United States possessed atomic weapons, but in 1949 the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb and the arms race began. Both countries continued building more and bigger bombs. In 1952, the United States tested a new and more powerful weapon: the hydrogen bomb.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union became engaged in a nuclear arms race. They both spent billions and billions of dollars trying to build up huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons.