Technology advancements of Cold War

  • B-25

    B-25
    The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces,
  • First cruise missle

    First cruise missle
    On June 13, 1944, Germany started firing V-1 aircraft into London. The V1 'buzz bomb' was the first cruise missile
  • Atomic bomb

    Atomic bomb
    July 16, 1945 took place in a remote area of New Mexico. The test was the culmination of three years' planning and development within the super secret Manhattan Project headed by General Leslie R. Groves.
  • ICBM

    ICBM
    The first launch took place on 15 May 1957 and led to an unintended crash 250 mi from the site.The first successful test followed on 21 August 1957; the R-7 flew over 3,700 mi and became the world's first ICBM
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    first satelitte launched into earths atmosphere and the race for space travel begins with this satelite.
  • First re-usable spacecraft

    First re-usable spacecraft
    The first re-usable spacecraft was created and now spacecrafts could be used again in some way.
  • Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

    Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
    The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a single-seat, twin-engine stealth ground-attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force . A product of Lockheed Skunk Works and a development of the Have Blue technology demonstrator, the F-117 was the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology.
  • The LGM-118A Peacekeeper, also known as the MX missile

    The LGM-118A Peacekeeper, also known as the MX missile
    was a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986. The Peacekeeper was a MIRV missile; it could carry up to 10 re-entry vehicles, each armed with a 300-kiloton W87 warhead/MK-21 RVs. A total of 50 missiles were deployed after a long and troubled development period
  • B-1 bomber

    B-1 bomber
    The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a four-engine variable-sweep wing strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force