Notes
- In 1957 the soviets launch the first Earth-orbiting satellite named Sputnik.
- About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
- People feared that atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
- This gave the USSR an upper hand and they began to demand concessions
- (ICBM) inter continental ballistic missile
- MIRVs (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles)
- Nuclear submarines
- M.A,D. (mutually assured destruction)
- Pre-emptive strike SAC (strategic air command) planes flying 24 hours a day
Summary
Krushchev states that USSR wants to peacefully coexist with USA, after many years of competition. The nations did not violently fight each other; however, they did battle academically, greatly advancing technology and introducing satellites, ICBM's, nuclear submarines and putting the first man on the moon.
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Would the US have had the upper hand over Russia if they had built the first orbiting satellite?