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…in the expansion of communism when China fell, the United States saw this as an example of the worldwide spread of communism. At the same time, the USSR successfully detonates a nuclear weapon, marking a milestone in the arms race of the cold war and the end…

…'s they were not supposed to have nuclear weapons and they were supposed to have U.N. inspectors come in and check. They wouldn't let our inspectors in. Still in 2002 they will not let our inspectors in and this may cause the start of World War III…

…are nuclear powered and can move at a speed of 30 knots and are big war weapons. The first submarine that could stay under water on it's own and move on it's own was built in about 1620 by Cornelius van Drebbel. It was a rowboat surrounded by leather…

…can be used to manufacture weapons, and one last disadvantage is the high initial cost because a plant would require containment safeguards. Fission is used in today’s nuclear reactors and in the atomic bonds. I retrieved most of this information off…

…that any nuclear missile launched from Cuba would be regarded as an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union and demanded that the Soviets remove all of their offensive weapons from Cuba. During the public phase of the Crisis, tensions began to build…

…The Atomic Bomb! By: Jordan Graves The atomic bomb is a powerful nuclear weapon. It is fueled by the fission of the nuclei of plutonium or uranium, in a chain reaction. The strength of the explosion created by one of these bombs is equal to the strength…

…their breath as the possibility of a nuclear grew greater and greater as the Soviet Union continued to supply Cuban with thermonuclear weapons. They say it started at mid - day, and again in the early evening of October 16, 1962. The president John F. Kennedy called…

…in the current international system. Kissinger views on nuclear proliferation are quite interesting he quotes "because the ultimate objectives of the proliferating country are political and strategic, not economic." He obviously opposes nuclear weapons and thinks…

…The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend…

…an effect on Eastern European Countries under Soviet control, though, as Cominform served as a unifier. Militarily, the US used their deterrent of nuclear weapons, including against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to alarm the Soviet Union. This, however…