Arms Race Flashcards
Date the development
US
Manhattan Project established
August 1942
US
First ever nuclear test
16 July 1945
US
A-Bombs dropped on Japan
August 1945
UN calls for elimination of nuclear weapons
January 1946
USSR
First nuclear bomb test
August 1949
US
First hydrogen bomb
November 1952
US
‘BRAVO’ test
Blast is 15 megatons, 3 times expected 5, contaminates a Japanese fishing boat
750 times Hiroshima bomb
March 1954
USSR
Largest ever bomb tested ‘Tsar Bomba’
58 megatons
Meant for intimidation
October 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis
16-29th October 1962
Partial Test Ban Treaty opens for signatures
August 1963
China
First nuclear test
OCtober 1964
Non-Proliferation Treaty Signed
US, USSR, UK initially not France or China until 1992
July 1968
Eisenhower’s Massive Retalliation announced
Fuelled idea of MAD
January 1954
USSR
First ICBM
August 1957
US
Develop ICBM technology
July 1959
