The Arms Race in the early 1960s

The USA were concerned that the USSR was building more powerful nukes than them, the USSR's Tsara bomb was 1000 times more powerful than the first atomic bomb
The USSR had feas over how close the USA's missile were to Russia, in 1961 the USA had put missiles in Turkey it also has B52 bombers capable of dropping bombs on the USSR
Both sides were anxious about the other side gaining the edge
Both sides put huge effort into spying on each other
Cuba became a Soviet ally and Khruchshev was keen to put missiles on the island which was only 90 miles from florida

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	Created by Sophia Hinchliffe over 9 years ago