The Space Race and Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM’s)
-In 1957 the Soviets launched the first Earth-orbiting satellite named Sputnik
About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
-People feared atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
-This gave the USSR an upper hand and they began to demand concessions
-(ICBM) Inter-Continental Ballistic missile
-MIRVs (Multiple independently Targeted Re-entry vehicles
-Nuclear submarines
-M.A.D. (Mutually assured destruction)
-Pre emptive strike
-SAC (strategic air command) planes flying 24 hours a day
About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
-People feared atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
-This gave the USSR an upper hand and they began to demand concessions
-(ICBM) Inter-Continental Ballistic missile
-MIRVs (Multiple independently Targeted Re-entry vehicles
-Nuclear submarines
-M.A.D. (Mutually assured destruction)
-Pre emptive strike
-SAC (strategic air command) planes flying 24 hours a day
summary
The Soviet Union announces that it has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of being fired "into any part of the world." The announcement caused great concern in the United States, and started a national debate over the "missile gap" between America and Russia.