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The Cold War


This created a greater controversy between the United States. This controversy's caused spies to enter into the opposition's country. .
             The most visible part of the cold war was the arms race. Massive and expensive militarization movements, especially nuclear weaponry on the part of both nations involved caused a new psychology to develop. The theory of total destruction of the other country was based on three ideas. One: both nations have enough weapons do destroy the other, two: both nations can detect a first strike before it arrives, and three: both nations are able to respond adequately before they are hit by the first strike. The aim of both nations was to decrease the amount of response time that was inherent in their nuclear defense system. The best way to do this was to put missiles as close to the other country as possible. The United States placed nuclear missiles in Turkey and the Soviets attempted to place missiles in Cuba. These sites did not remain, but were ideal for eliminating lengthy response times. The second best solution came with the invention of the SLBM, or submarine launched ballistic missile. This weapon was able to fire a nuclear missile from an undetected location immediately offshore of the enemy's coastline. This missile would arrive at its target in a matter of minutes, possibly eliminating enemy response. The other method of eliminating response time was by way of detection. At first, spy planes were used to fly over Russia and photograph missile sites within its borders. From 1955 to 1958, U2 spy planes had been flying photograph missions over the Soviet Union. The planes flew at an altitude of 75,000 feet, which, for years, was beyond the capability of Soviet planes and antiaircraft weapons. However, on May 1, 1960 the U2 plane, piloted by Gary Powers, was shot down by a SAM-2 missile. Powers was captured with all of his gear and wreckage to the plane.


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