Question

What event is thought to have begun the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union?
A) the Cuban Missile Crisis
B) a U.S. Air Force spy plane was is shot down over the U.S.S.R.
C) the development of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)
D) the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II

Answer 1

the answer is D. the dropping of atomic bombs on japan at the end of World War II

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Answer 2

The dropping of atomic bombs in Japan at the end of the second world war spurred the arms race between the US and the Soviet Union.

The Arms Race

The arms race was a term used to describe the military and technological competition between the United states and the Soviet union.

Following the end of WWII, the two world powers sort to outdo each other in the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction.

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