Nuclear Arms Race

Jason Van TinePeriod 3

Technology of nuclear bombs

There is fission or fusion The weapons got a lot smaller

Technology of nuclear bomb cont.

They could be use from any where in the world. Submarines Boats Air planes Land launching pads

fission

The splitting of heavy atoms into 2 smaller ones

fusion

Fusion is the fusing of 2 lighter atoms into a heavier one.

Occurs in stars

Types of bombs

Atom bomb (fission) Hydrogen bomb (fusion)

Hydrogen Bomb Atom bomb

Atom bomb

Was dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in ww2

Was developed in the Manhattan project

Before and after Nagasaki

Hydrogen bomb

1000 times more powerful than the atom bomb

Codenamed mike by the US First tested a Enewetak atoll in the

Marshall islands

US program

1950- Truman starts research on h bomb

1952- H bomb tested

Soviet Program

1955- First h bomb detonated 1957- Sputnik is launched

Threat of surprise attack increased a lot

Arms race video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZuTznc0itc

Work cited page

"Nuclear arms race -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race>.

"Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion." Purdue University College of Science Welcome. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch23/fission.php>.

Work cited page

YouTube - Cold War Nuclear Arms Race." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZuTznc0itc>.

"History of Atomic Bombs - Nuclear Fission vs Nuclear Fusion." Inventors. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://inventors.about.com/od/nstartinventions/a/Nuclear_Fission.htm>.

Work cited page

"Timeline of the Cold War." Oracle ThinkQuest Library. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/timeline.htm>.