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The world's first atomic bomb test. This started the eventual US/Soviet Arms Race.
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First Soviet atomic bomb test. Known as Joe-1 to the West, referencing Joseph Stalin, it was called "First Lightning" (Первая молния, Pervaya molniya) in the USSR.
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Could travel 6,000 miles, accurate to within one mile of target
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The "King of Bombs," a nickname for the Soviet AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful weapon ever detonated. The bomb's yield was reduced to fromm 100MT to 50MT to reduce the amount of fallout produced and to provide enough time for the bomber deploying the device to escape it's blast.
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October 14, 1962-October 28, 1962
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Treaty between UK, USSR and US limits nuclear testing. France and China reject it and develop their own weapons.Noted in a speech by President Kennedy on the topic.
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Signed by UK, USSR and US: agree not to assist non-signatories in gaining nuclear weapons.
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A Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty between the USA and USSR. The US did not ratify the treatydue to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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"Star Wars," a space-based desfense proposal for the United States.
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START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a treaty between the USA and USSR "on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms."
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SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty) was an arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russian Federation. It was replaced in 2011 by New START.
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New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation.
