Leaving Cert History (The United States and the Wider World Flashcards) Karteikarten am 3.1 Arms race and Cold War, erstellt von samstevenson2014 am 19/04/2015.
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What did the US spend vast amounts of money developing during WW2?
Which was the main achievement?
What was the the superpowers' competition called?
2 firms the arms race poured huge sums of money into
What was the link between army and business often called?
What did the Soviet Union do in 1949?
What did US produce in turn and when?
How many times more powerful than atom bomb?
What was designed in the 60's?
What for?
How were the tests banned?
When did supersonic planes appear ?
When did stealth technology enable planes to avoid detection by enemy radar?
What were the Minutemen?
What did the Peacemaker missile have the ability to do?
What were nuclear powered submarines powered with?
What were U-2's?
Spy satellites eventually developed into...
By when did each side have enough weapons to destroy the other and the earth many times over?
What do historians believe each side feared?
