The Hydrogen Bomb and the Nuclear Arms Race

Truman Announces the Hydrogen Bomb

Jan 31, 1950

U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces his support for the developement of the hydrogen bomb to reclaim nuclear supremecy.

Americans First Test Hyrdrogen Bomb

Nov 1, 1952

Tested by Edward Teller, Stanislaw M. Ulam, and other sciencetrists develope the first H-Bomb which is tested at Enewatak atoll.

U.S.S.R. First Test Hydrogen Bombb

Aug 12, 1953

U.K. First Test Hydrogen Bomb

May 1, 1957

Hydrogen Bomb Lost in Spain

Jan 17, 1966

USA has 8,000 ICBM’s and USSR has 7,000 ICBM’s

Jan 1, 1981

USA had 8,000 ICBM’s and USSR 7,000 ICBM’s
USA had 4,000 planes capable of delivering a nuclear bomb. Russia had 5000.

40,000 nuclear war-heads estimated around the world

Jan 1, 1986

Over 40,000 Hydrogen Bombs Stored Around the World

May 12, 1988

By the late 1980's there were over 40,000 H-Bombs stored in arsenals of nuclear-armed countries around the world, but this reduced during the 1990's