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 Nuclear Arms Race



What was the Nuclear Arms Race?


 * The nuclear arms race was a competition between the U.S. and the USSR (Russia) to see who had the more supreme nuclear weapons.

Who was involved in the Nuclear Arms Race?


 * Russia/USSR
 * U.S.
 * Respected allies during The Cold War

When were some of the Nuclear bombs made? What were their names?

**__Facts from Wikipedia__**


 * ~ Date [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#"]] ||~ Name [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#"]] ||~ [|Yield] (kT) [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race#"]] ||~ Significance ||
 * 1945-07-16 || //**[|Trinity]**// || 19 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" caption="United States" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]] [|USA] || First fission device test, first plutonium implosion detonation ||
 * 1945-08-06 || //**[|Little Boy]**// || 15 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" caption="United States" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]] [|USA] || [|Bombing] of [|Hiroshima], [|Japan], first detonation of an enriched uranium gun-type device, first use of a nuclear device in military combat ||
 * 1945-08-09 || //**[|Fat Man]**// || 21 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" caption="United States" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]] [|USA] || [|Bombing] of [|Nagasaki], [|Japan], last use of a nuclear device in military combat ||
 * 1949-08-29 || //**[|RDS-1]**// || 22 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Soviet Union" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union"]] [|USSR] || First fission weapon test by the USSR ||
 * 1952-10-03 || //**[|Hurricane]**// || 25 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="United Kingdom" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom"]] [|UK] || First fission weapon test by the UK ||
 * 1952-11-01 || //**[|Ivy Mike]**// || 10,400 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" caption="United States" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]] [|USA] || First cryogenic fusion fuel "staged" thermonuclear weapon, primarily a test device and not weaponized ||
 * 1953-08-12 || //**[|Joe 4]**// || 400 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Soviet Union" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union"]] [|USSR] || First fusion weapon test by the USSR (not "staged") ||
 * 1954-03-01 || //**[|Castle Bravo]**// || 15,000 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" caption="United States" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]] [|USA] || First dry fusion fuel "staged" thermonuclear weapon; [|fallout] accident ||
 * 1955-11-22 || //**[|RDS-37]**// || 1,600 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Soviet Union" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union"]] [|USSR] || First "staged" thermonuclear weapon test by the USSR (deployable) ||
 * 1957-11-08 || //**[|Grapple X]**// || 1,800 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="United Kingdom" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom"]] [|UK] || First (successful) "staged" thermonuclear weapon test by the UK ||
 * 1960-02-13 || //**[|Gerboise Bleue]**// || 70 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="France" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"]] [|France] || First fission weapon test by France ||
 * 1961-10-31 || //**[|Tsar Bomba]**// || 57,000 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="Soviet Union" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union"]] [|USSR] || Largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested—scaled down from its initial 100 Mt design by 50% ||
 * 1964-10-16 || //**[|596]**// || 22 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="People's Republic of China" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China"]] [|PR China] || First fission weapon test by the People's Republic of China ||
 * 1967-06-17 || //**[|Test No. 6]**// || 3,300 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="People's Republic of China" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China"]] [|PR China] || First "staged" thermonuclear weapon test by the People's Republic of China ||
 * 1968-08-24 || //**[|Canopus]**// || 2,600 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="France" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France"]] [|France] || First "staged" thermonuclear test by France ||
 * 1974-05-18 || //**[|Smiling Buddha]**// || 12 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="India" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]] [|India] || First fission nuclear explosive test by India ||
 * 1998-05-11 || //**[|Pokhran-II]**// || 60[|[17]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="India" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]] [|India] || First potential fusion/boosted weapon test by India; first deployable fission weapon test by India ||
 * 1998-05-28 || //**[|Chagai-I]**// || 36–40 [|[18]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Pakistan" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan"]] [|Pakistan] || First fission weapon test by Pakistan ||
 * 2006-10-09 || //**[|2006 North Korean nuclear test]**// || ~1 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="North Korea" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea"]] [|North Korea] || First fission plutonium-based device tested by North Korea; likely resulted as a [|fizzle] ||
 * 2009-05-25 || //**[|2009 North Korean nuclear test]**// || 5–15 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png width="22" height="11" caption="North Korea" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea"]] [|North Korea] || First successful fission device tested by North Korea ||

Allthough all countries contributed to the creation of Nuclear Arms during the Cold War no country came close to the two superpowers U.S.S.R. and U.S.

When was the Nuclear Arms Race?


 * The Nuclear Arms Race happened during the Cold War.

Why did the Nuclear Arms Race occur?


 * The Nuclear Arms Race occured because both countries believed they could create the most superior weapons.



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