Nuclear Arms Race

What unofficially started the nuclear arms race?

• Establishment of the United Nations
• Invention of the first nuclear reactor
• Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
• Testing the Trinity Bomb and 2 weeks later dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

When did the Soviet Union detonate their first atomic bomb?

• May 7, 1952
• October 4, 1957
• July 16, 1945
• August 29, 1949

How much stronger was the first hydogen bomb compared to the atomic bombs?

• 100 times stronger
• 1 million times stronger
• 10,000 times stronger
• 20 times stronger

WHat was the major shift that occurred in 1961 for delivering nuclear weapons?

• Introduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)
• Creation of stealth bombers
• Development of laser-guided bombs
• Implementation of drone strikes

What did the Cold War term MAD mean?

• Maximum Alert Defense
• Massive Atomic Destruction
• Mutual Agreement of Disarmament
• Mutually Assured Destruction

What did the Soviet Union and US do to handle the arms race in the 70' s and 80's?

• Direct military confrontation
• Continually add to numbers and quality of missiles

• Increased military spending
• Expansion of nuclear arsenals