The SPace race:sputnik, icbms
- In 1957 the soviets launch the first earth-orbiting satellite named sputnik
- About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
- People feared that atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
- This gave the USSR an upper hand and they began to demand concession
ICBMs and Delivery Systems
- (ICBM) Inter-Continenetal Ballistic Missile
- MIRVs (Muliple Independently targeted re-entry vehicles)
- Nuclear submarines
- M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)
- Pre-emptive strikes
- SAC (Strategic air command) planes flying 24 hours a day
Summary: The USSR and United States were competing too see who could make it into space first. A number of tactical strategies technological advancements in the militaristic sense were made which included: MIRV's (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles), nuclear submarines, M.A.D (mutually assured destruction), as well as the pre-emptive strike. Lastly, the Strategic Air Command (SAC) idea was formed where planes were flown 24 hours a day.