Arms Race 1950s

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Across
  1. 2. When countries compete to increase their military resources to gain military and political superiority.
  2. 5. Inter-continental _____________ missiles.
  3. 7. Discussions had for the atomic bomb to be dropped during this conflict.
  4. 11. First to create the ICBM in 1957.
  5. 12. Mutually assured ______________
  6. 13. President in charge between 1953 and 1961.
  7. 14. This doctrine assured that the other side would not attack if you had nuclear weapons.
  8. 15. Name of the first soviet satellite in space.
Down
  1. 1. Second atomic bomb dropped in this Japanese city.
  2. 3. Planes capable of carrying and delivering nuclear weapons.
  3. 4. ABMs can be used to _________ and destroy nuclear weapons.
  4. 6. Perception by the West that the USA was trailing behind the USSR in development of missiles.
  5. 8. The Soviet ICBM could fire a nuclear weapon ____ thousand km away.
  6. 9. USA developed this in 1952, a year before the USSR.
  7. 10. Famous PSA told students to _______ and cover in the event of a nuclear attack.