The Space Race: Sputnik, ICBMs
-In 1957 the Soviets launch the First Earth- orbiting Satellite named Sputnik.
-About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
-People feared that atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
ICBMs and Delivery Systems
-(ICBM) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
-MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles)
-Nuclear Submarines
-M.A.D ( Mutually Assured Destruction)
-Pre- Emptive Strike
-SAC (Strategic Air Command) planes flying 24 hours a day
-In 1957 the Soviets launch the First Earth- orbiting Satellite named Sputnik.
-About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
-People feared that atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
ICBMs and Delivery Systems
-(ICBM) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
-MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles)
-Nuclear Submarines
-M.A.D ( Mutually Assured Destruction)
-Pre- Emptive Strike
-SAC (Strategic Air Command) planes flying 24 hours a day