Cold war timeline !

By zakariah
  • 1962 BCE

    Cuban MIssile Crisis

    Soviet missiles placed in Cuba, and US missiles in Turkey. End results were the withdrawal of missiles from Cuba and Turkey and the creation of the nuclear hotline.
  • 1957 BCE

    First ICBM missile launched by USSR

    Named the R-7 was a significant range increase. Posed a major threat to the US because they could strike from further than they could .
  • 1954 BCE

    Massive Retaliation

    Idea announced by Eisenhower , fueled the idea of MAD
  • 1949 BCE

    USSR finds their first atomic bomb

    End of US monopoly on atomic threat
  • 1945 BCE

    First US Atomic Bomb Detonated

    Began the threat US nuclear superiority

  • America test Hydrogen bomb

    Also known as thermo-nuclear bomb , a significant power increase above a typical nuclear bomb

  • U-2 incident

    USAF Spy aircraft shot down over USSR

  • Soviets detonate Tsar Bomba

    An unnecessarily large bomb meant for intimidation

  • McNamara proposed idea of counterforce

    Heavily criticized as only being preemptive.

  • Partial Test Ban Treaty

    Did not include China, but the other major world powers agreed to stop testing nuclear bombs anywhere but underground, partially because of the risk of nuclear fallout, and partially to slow the arms race and move towards détente