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Arms Race Timeline

Arms Race Timeline. 1945: US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1949: USSR develops atomic bomb. “Joe 1”. 1951: Truman establishes Civil Defense Administration Not taken too seriously until late 1950s. “Joe 4”. 1952: US tests first hydrogen bomb

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Arms Race Timeline

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  1. Arms Race Timeline

  2. 1945: US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki • 1949: USSR develops atomic bomb “Joe 1”

  3. 1951: Truman establishes Civil Defense Administration • Not taken too seriously until late 1950s

  4. “Joe 4” • 1952: US tests first hydrogen bomb • 500 times more powerful than bomb dropped on Hiroshima • 1953: USSR tests hydrogen bomb “Operation Ivy”

  5. 1954-1958: US conducts 19 hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Islands “Castle Romeo” 1954

  6. 1954-1958: US conducts 19 hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Islands “Dakota” 1956

  7. 1954-1958: US conducts 19 hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Islands “Operation Hardtack” 1958

  8. 1954: US policy of Massive Retaliation announced • Reflected policy of “brinksmanship” “ The ability to get to the verge without getting into war is the necessary art. If you cannot master it, you inevitably get into war. If you run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.” --Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 1956 • 1956: Eisenhower creates National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

  9. 1957: USSR launches first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

  10. 1957: USSR launches Sputnik

  11. First artificial satellite to orbit the earth • Shocked Americans • 1958: Congress passed the National Defense Education Act to improve math and science education

  12. 1960: USSR shoots down American U-2 spy plane

  13. Early 1960s: US adopts policy of Mutually Assured Destruction • Whoever attacks first, dies second

  14. The arms race scared Americans • Many built bomb shelters • Government encouraged “duck and cover” drills

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