COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Cold War
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World War I
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Heat Wave
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Great Depression
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Detailed explanation-1: -The nuclear age began before the Cold War. During World War II, three countries decided to build the atomic bomb : Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although nuclear weapons have only been used twice in warfare-in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945-about 13, 400 reportedly remain in our world today and there have been over 2, 000 nuclear tests conducted to date.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United States developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II in cooperation with the United Kingdom and Canada as part of the Manhattan Project, out of the fear that Nazi Germany would develop them first.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first atomic bomb detonated over a populated area occurred on August 6, 1945 at 8:15 AM over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb name was Little Boy. The bomb type was a gun-assembly bomb. It was deployed by a B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay.
Detailed explanation-5: -During the Cold War the United States maintained a “triad” of ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers in a strategic nuclear arsenal of more than 10, 000 warheads. During the 1990s, the United States reduced the size of this arsenal to around 7, 000 warheads, but maintained all three legs of the triad.