The Cold War: Arms Race By j3nna_buckl3y Aug 6, 1945 America drops first atomic bomb on Japan Aug 29, 1949 Soviets detonated it's first atomic bomb Jan 30, 1950 Approval from USA of hydrogen bomb Jan 1, 1952 Great Britain makes it's own atomic bomb Mar 1, 1954 USA's first test of the hydrogen bomb Aug 27, 1957 First ICBM bomb is tested by soviets Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik is put into the orbit Jan 1, 1960 France makes its own atomic bomb Oct 1, 1961 Soviets make TSAR bomba Oct 16, 1962 Cuban missle crisis Oct 1, 1964 China makes own atomic bomb Mar 5, 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty Mar 23, 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative Jan 1, 1986 Reagan and Gorbachev Agreement Jan 1, 1991 End of Arms Race