The Space Race and Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM’s)
- Missiles have a greater range and power
- Soviet sent first Earth-orbiting satellite Sputnik - Sputnik made beep sounds as it orbited the earth - People feared that atomic bombs no longer require planes ICBM’s And Delivery System ICBM’s (inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) MAD (mutual Assured Destruction) MIRV’s (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles) Nuclear Submarines The space race was produced because of the idea of Peaceful Coexistence Idea was from Krushechev this resulted in the Sino-Soviet split (Sino means China) |
_Summary
The space race was the first time the US was behind in technological
advancement |