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1 The Arms Race…why was it bad? Who wins?

2 1945 US gets nuclear bomb .

3 1949 USSR gets nuclear bomb

4 1952 US gets hydrogen bomb

5 1953 USSR gets hydrogen bomb

6 Mutually Assured Destruction
The idea that since everyone acts in their own best interest—we need to guarantee that the other side will not survive an attack on the other, thus…. We will have peace since if one side ever starts a war they will be assured that everyone will be DESTROYED.

7 1957 USSR gets first ICBM

8 1958- US Creates NASA

9 1959 US develops ICBM

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12 1972 SALT Treaties

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