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Arms Race

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arms race
Competition between countries for superiority in military arms
nuclear warfare
military conflict in which nuclear weaponry is detonated on an opponent
superpower
extremely powerful nation
Manhattan Project
US War Department's secret 1942 program to produce an atomic bomb
uranium
white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, used in atomic bombs
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Joe One
The Soviet Union's first nuclear weapon test; exploded August 29 1949
hydrogen bomb
bomb more powerful than an atomic bomb
Sputnik
A Soviet earth-orbiting satellite
Space Race
competition between USSR and US for space exploration
fallout
settling of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere by explosions
Mutual Assured Destruction
US doctrine of reciprocal retaliation for a nuclear attack
brinkmanship
maneuvering a dangerous situation to limits of safety to secure advantage
bomber gap
unfounded belief that USSR had gained strategic jet-power advantage
missile gap
lag in one country's missile production relative to another country
Operation Frigate Bird
series of 36 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 by US
nuclear proliferation
spread of nuclear weapons, technology and information to nations
red scare
period of strong Anti-Communism in the US from 1947 to 1957

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