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This started the race to build nuclear weapons, between Russia, and the USA.
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After Japan refused to surrender after the first atomic explosion, the USA decided to drop another bomb to finish them off
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The United States hired German scientists who were responsible for the V-2 Rocket to make Nuclear missiles.
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The Soviet Union tested their first Nuclear weapon, although they were way behind the USA in the Nuclear Arms Race. Their missiles were very innaccurate, and their size makes them hard to conceal.
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The US was building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could travel long distances to reach the Soviets. So the US tested their first Hydrogen Bomb that had a larger explosion with a lighter warhead.
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The US developed the Atlas missile which could travel 6,000 miles and only miss its target by a mile. However, it took over an hour to prepare to launch and this would undermine its effectiveness.
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This missile overcame the problem with the Atlas missile and this missile had its own fuel engine and could be fired in 30 seconds. They were small missiles being only 54 feet long and could be stored underground to be protected from an enemy attack.
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These submarines could carry nuclear missiles. The subs were protected by the sea, and could therefore get coser to the Soviet Union to increase the missiles' accuracy
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With U-2 planes Soviet nuclear sites were vulnerable because these planes could read newspaper headlines with its cameras from over 12 miles high.
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Soviets became concerned with Kennedy announcing that the US would start building nuclear shelters.
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Since the Soviets were far behind the United States they needed to have their missiles located within a certain distance so they placed their missiles in Cuba.
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The Nuclear Arms Race is still on-going today, though not as much. We ar ein the process of stopping the developement of nuclear weapons in other countries.
