Arms race 1961

Arms Race

By Nick Dawson

  • Atomic Bomb

    Atomic Bomb
    USA tests the worlds first atomic bomb in New Mexico. It was at the Trinity test site

  • Soviets Response

    Soviets Response
    The USSR test their own atomic bomb in Kazakhstan

  • Hydrogen Bomb

    Hydrogen Bomb
    The United States detomantes a thermonuclear bomb at Eniwetok Atoll. This is the first hydrogen bomb ever tested

  • Soviet H-Bomb

    Soviet H-Bomb
    When they USSR develops their own Hydrogen bomb it puts the whole world in fear including the Americans

  • Castle Bravo Test

    Castle Bravo Test
    A miss calculation causes disaster at Bikini Atoll when an atmopheric test of a hydrogen bomb is drastically underestimated in its power. This caused major radiation burns and birth defects for millions of people.

  • ICBM

    ICBM
    The Soviets were the first to create an intercontinental ballistic missile called R-7 Semyorka. The bast covered 7000 km in blast radious.

  • American ICBM

    American ICBM
    While the Soviets were the first to launch an ICBM the Americans bomb was far supperior covering 6350 miles.

  • Tsar Bomb

    Tsar Bomb
    The USSR's Tsar bomb was the nuclear weapon ever tested or used. The bomb weighed 27 meteric tons.