Cold War Arms Race

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Cold War Arms Race

• James, Scott, and Tory

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Thesis

• Without weapons of mass destruction, the Cold War
  would have been much more costly and it could
  have been shorter because the opposing factions
  would have had to fight each other.

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Einsteins Letter

• Warned Roosevelt about nuclear advancements in
  Germany
• The creation of the Manhattan project was
  strongly influenced by this letter

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Manhattan Project

• The most brilliant minds in the world gathered to
  create one of the most powerful weapons of mass
  destruction
• Racing to create the first atomic bomb

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Bombs, Lies, and Atomic Spies

• 5 spies known to be part of the Manhattan Project
• 2 have been identified Theodore Hall and Klaus
  Fuchs
• These spies were discovered due to the work done
  in the Vernona project

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Weapons Overview

• Ballistic Missiles
• Chemical Weapons
• Biological Weapons
• Atomic Bombs
• Star Wars

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S.A.L.T.

• SALT I First agreement to limit offensive
  nuclear weapons
• SALT II Agreement to limit strategic launchers

Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev
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Strategic Defense Initiative Star Wars

• Proposed by Ronald Reagan
• Land or Space based defense shield
• Would employ advanced technology (lasers,
  microwave devises, particle beams, and projectile
  beams)
• Reagan believed that SDI would pave the way for
  arms control measures to eliminate the nuclear
  weapons themselves.

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Weapons Programs and Treaties

• Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties First treaty
  to reduce the number of long range nuclear
  weapons
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission Responsible for
  seeing that civilian nuclear materials and
  facilities are used safely.
• Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Banned all tests of
  nuclear weapons except those conducted underground

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Middle East

• The Soviet Union aided Middle Eastern nations
• The United States aided Israel
• The aid given to these countries was meant to
  help them produce WMDs

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