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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.

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  • Jupiter on its launch pad

    More than 100 US-built missiles having the capability to strike Moscow with nuclear warheads were deployed in Italy and Turkey in 1961

  • Spirit of 76 enroute to San Clemente, California, with General Secretary Brezhnev - NARA - 194524 - restored

    U.S. President Richard Nixon with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, 1973

  • Massale vredesdemonstratie in Bonn tegen de modernisering van kernwapens in West, Bestanddeelnr 253-8611

    Protest in Bonn, West Germany against the nuclear arms race between the U.S./NATO and the Soviet Union, 1981

  • Reagan and Gorbachev signing

    Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev and U.S. President Reagan signing the INF Treaty, 1987

  • Obama and Medvedev sign Prague Treaty 2010

    Dmitry Medvedev with Barack Obama after signing the New START treaty in Prague, 2010

  • World nuclear weapons

    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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