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Cold War Technology
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Cold War
Technology
1950-1979
Nuclear Bombs
Nuclear
Bombs
- Americans thought it would take over 20 years for any other country to develop nuclear weapons
- The Soviets had a successful prototype bomb detonation in just 4 years after the Americans
- When the U.S. investigated the found out that the Soviets had figured out how to build the bomb from information from spies
- Many spies gave inforamtion to support communism others believed that no one nation should have the bombs so they helped the Soviets build their own
Nuclear Bombs
- Many people feared that if one nuclear warhead was launched world destruction would follow
Nuclear Bombs
- In response to the Soviet's new weapons the U.S. built even more powerful weapons such as the hydrogen bomb
- The hydrogen bomb was 100 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- With more and more powerful weapons being built the U.S. and the Soviets both wanted to make better unmanned weapons
- The result were Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles or ICBM's
- Instead of being dropped by airplanes like the bombs used against Japan the ICBM's would launch and be able to go far distances to destroy a target
The Space Race
Space
Race
- During the Cold War the U.S. and the Soviets were trying to rove that their country was better than the other
- The countries were both racing to be the first to the moon
- The Soviets launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space in 1957
- In 1958 Americans launched their own satellite into earth's orbit
- President Eisenhower aslo created NASA which was dedicated to space exploration
- In 1959 the Soviets sent the first probe to the moon
- In 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth
Space Race
- NASA had a budget of 23 billion dollars vs. the Soviet budget of 10.1 billion
- The Space race was a competition between the U.S. and the Soviets to develop the best space technology
- By the end of 1962 Project Apollo had been created to send man to the moon
- In December of 1968 Apollo 8 was launched
- On July 16, 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first person on the moon
- The U.S. won the race by putting the first human on the moon
Space Race
Strengths
Weaknesses
COMPANY
LOGO
Long Range Bombers
- Due to the military risk of the Soviet Union many andavnces in military technolgy were made including long range bombers
- These bombers were the platform for modern day jet airliners
Other Technology
Created
Lasers
- The first lasers were produced in 1960 bu the U.S.
- They serve many purposes including targeting systems, medical use, and chemistry
Lasers
Team
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
- Since the U.S. and The Soviet Union were so far apart they needed to develop long range weapons in the event of conflict
- ICBMs were long range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads
- The development of these missiles also contributed to the rockets used to go to space
Agent Orange
- Agent Orange is a type of herbicide used in the Vietnam War to clear and kill forests and crops the enemy was using
- The herbicide was laterproven to cause serious health issues
Agent Orange
Computers
- Many advancements in computer were made during the cold war
- Each side continued to make better and better computers used to provide surveillance on the opposing side
Computers
Long Range Communication
- Long range calling helped connect people over long distances
- It was used in war to direct troops
Long Range Calling
Early Internet
- In the 1960s the U.S. government funded a project to share information between military computers quickly
- This was the first use of the internet
Early Internet
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