Nuclear arms race
The Nuclear arms race was a Competition between the United States, the Soviet Union and their allies to prove their greater Power in nuclear warfare. It was done during the Cold War.
Nuclear Arms Race Media
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United States and Soviet Union/Russia nuclear weapon stockpiles
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More than 100 US-built missiles having the capability to strike Moscow with nuclear warheads were deployed in Italy and Turkey in 1961.
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U.S. President Richard Nixon with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, 1973
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Protest in Bonn, West Germany against the nuclear arms race between the U.S./NATO and the Soviet Union, 1981
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Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev and U.S. President Reagan signing the INF Treaty, 1987
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Dmitry Medvedev with Barack Obama after signing the New START treaty in Prague, 2010
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Large stockpile with global range (dark blue), smaller stockpile with global range (medium blue), small stockpile with regional range (light blue)
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UN vote on adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on July 7, 2017 Yes No Did not vote
