cold war

By nather1o15

  • 1945

    1945
    U.s uses atmic bombs on japan to end WWII.

  • 1948

    1948
    berlin blockade and airlift

  • 1949

    1949
    USSR tests first nuclear weapon.

  • 1950

    1950
    U.S. tests first hydogen bomb.

  • 1953

    1953
    able archer and the war scare.

  • 1957

    1957
    the Soviets launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. Average Americans could turn on their AM radios and hear Sputnik transmit its beeping signal.

  • 1959

    1959
    the US and the USSR avoided direct warfare by backing the opposing governments and forces.

  • 1960

    1960
    RDS-220 was the largest nuclear weapon ever built. Designed as a 100 megaton hydrogen bomb, its yield was reduced by 50% when it was tested.

  • 1963

    1963
    The Cuban Missile Crisis prompted the US and USSR to set up a direct line of communication between the two countries to enable rapid and direct communication between them in crisis situations which might impact the security of either country

  • 1983

    1983
    NATO was conducting what it considered a routine exercise named Able Archer, a simulation designed to train and test the procedures for shifting from conventional to nuclear war.