The Cold War nuclear test that turned the sky crimson
The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.
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How the Cold War led us to Climate Change
The Cold War fueled a global race for technological and industrial dominance, leading to rapid fossil fuel expansion, nuclear ...
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The Cold War in 1970
The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between the planet's two strongest nations. Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun ...
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Cold War nuclear missile set to see almost a century of service
A Cold War nuclear missile will remain in service for a total of 94 years thanks to a US$383 million US Navy contract, with Lockheed Martin to modernize the submarine-launched Trident II missile and ...
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The start of the Cold War 1945 - 55
The Soviets sent the first people into space, but the Americans achieved the first moon landing. During the Cold War, the threat of nuclear Armageddon was an everyday fear. By the 1980s ...
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The Cold War and Vietnam
1948-1960 - AQA After 1948 the Cold War entered a new phase. Moving beyond the borders of Europe, it spread to Asia and even into Space! At the same time the USA and the USSR greatly increased ...