1. The Nuclear Arm Race { By Ashiq Al Islam Grade:- 9
2. Who was the 1st country to use nuclearweapons?The United
States became the first country in the world to use
nuclearV2-ROCKET weapons. They 1st bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
1945. These bombs had been dropped by planes but later they
realized that Rockets were cheaper, faster and more difficult to
destroy in the air so they used rockets as a means of delivering
the weapon to its target. During world war II US set out producing
nuclear missiles. V-2 rockets were used against Britain at the end
of the war but most of the rockets did not hit its accurate target
so the main problem was developing a missile that was accurate. The
more the V-2 rocket had to travel, the more inaccurate it became.
3. The US development The US main enemy was the Soviet Union so
they needH-BOMB/hydrogen bomb missiles that could travel long
distances. The US spended most of their time developing
intercontinental ballistic missiles that could be more accurate
after the war. Finally in 1952 the US made their first H-bomb that
provided large explosion with smaller, lighter warheads. These
bombs much more accurate than the V2- rocket. 4. Weight had always
been a problem so the US developed the Atlas missile by1957 that
could travel 6,000miles and land within a mile of its target.Truck
transporting Atlas missile to a specific location 5. The final
missile The problem with the Atlasmissile was that it took over
anhour to prepare for firing.By the end of the 1950s the A
Minuteman missileUnited States overcame thisproblem by developing
theMinuteman missile. Thismissile stored its fuel in its
ownengines. It was now possible to fire amissile in thirty seconds.
Thesemissiles were also fairly small(54 feet long and 10 feet
indiameter) and could be storedin silos under the ground,protected
from an enemyattack. 6. Development of Polaris submarineand its
advantage.United States developed Polaris submarinesPolaris
submarine launches a missilewhich could carry nuclear missiles.
Protectedby the sea, these submarines could move closeto the Soviet
Union and therefore increase themissiles accuracy which was a great
advantage.A Polaris submarine 7. The Soviet union The Soviet union
was very worried by the developments of the US. They were the 1st
to explode the atomic weapon in 1949 but still they were far behind
in nuclear technology. They made large missiles that could travel
long distance but these missiles were inaccurate and their size
made them difficult to conceal so it was useless.An Atom bomb 8.
Soviet union gets moreworried The Soviet union became more
worriedwhen President John F. Kennedy announceda program to build
nuclear shelters. The Soviet union was more worried whenKennedy
told a journalist that in somecircumstances the US might start a
nuclearwar. Soviet Union needed to find a way to makethe United
States vulnerable to a nuclearattack.A underground Nuclear
shelter>>>>> 9. Situation between the twocountries
In the 1950s the Soviet Union had been producing medium-range
ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles to
support troops if a war broke out in Europe. The Soviet union
needed a nuclear base and also they did not have an ally. The US
radar network could detect anything or any missile passing the
border. If the US attacks the Soviet with nuclear weapon than the
Soviets will also attack back which will cause both countries to
suffer, so the US decides not to attack the Soviet first. 10.
Submarine launches bomb with high accuracy 11. >>>Anyone
attacks other both diesTHE END
