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Good Morning!!!!. NVC HOT ROC: Korean War Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War Essential Question : What threat did nuclear weapons pose during the Cold War?. HOT ROC: Korean War. Which textbook do you find the most trustworthy? Why?. Why not a “Hot” War?.
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Good Morning!!!! • NVC • HOT ROC: Korean War • Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War Essential Question: What threat did nuclear weapons pose during the Cold War?
HOT ROC: Korean War Which textbook do you find the most trustworthy? Why?
Why not a “Hot” War? • Brinkmanship: willingness to go to the brink of war without going over the edge • “ready to go to war to keep the peace” • Result of an nuclear arms race • Competition to produce the most and the best nukes
Threat of Global Destruction • Deterrence: strategy to create a nuclear arsenal so deadly your enemy will not dare to attack you • Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD): neither side willing to actually fight • Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb): a new more powerful type of nuke
Fission vs. Fusion Atom Bomb (Fission) Hydrogen Bomb (Fusion)
Nuclear Detonations • Nuclear tests common during the Cold War • Bikini Atoll • Nevada Test Site • 2000+ nuclear weapons detonated between 1945-today • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_lLhBt8Vg
Atomic Artillery • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QsB83fAtNQE
Operation Crossroads • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvjmsU48TSc
The Baker Event • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gYbVQY0cBWk
Castle Bravo • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T2I66dHbSRA
Tsar Bomb • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg9wbHfvoDM