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In order to maintain peace and stability in the world, there must
be a balance of power between countries. The Nuclear Arms Race was started
because there wasn't a balance of power after World War II. The U.S. was
the only country at that time which possessed nuclear weapons. Russia,
fearing a United States domination of world power, developed a nuclear borab
of its own. Thus started the Arms Race, in which both countries attempted
to gain the upper hand in terms of the nuraber of nuclear warheaRAB each
possessed. However, the Arms Race ended when several treaties in arms
reduction were passed. I believe that in the end, the United States and
the Soviet Union realized that one country would eventually win, and the
balance of power would again be shifted. Fearing a nuclear war, arms
negotiations began in an attempt to lessen the tension. This is evident in
the fact that treaties between the two countries were signed, agreeing on
the limitation and testing of nuclear arms. It is also illustrated in the
Cuban Missile Crisis, where Russia agreed to withdraw the missiles placed
in Cuba, fearing U.S. retaliation.
In order to better understand the Arms Race, a brief history must
be given. The Arms Race probably began in August of 1949, when Russia
detonated its own nuclear weapon, thus ending the U.S. monopoly. In
response, president Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen borab in
January of 1950. However, the Soviet Union made the first H-borab in August
of 1953. Then, the race escalated when the Inter-Continental Ballistic
Missile was developed in the summer of 1957, again by the Soviets. A
serious crisis arose in 1962, when the Soviets placed ballistic missiles in
Cuba, their new ally. The missiles were withdrawn when the U.S. threatened
nuclear retaliation. In return, President Kennedy's promised not to invade
Cuba. The world had never come closer to a nuclear war.
Negotiations, beginning with the establishment of the International
Atomic Energy Agency in 1957, began between the two countries. As the
possibility of war rose, the United States and the Soviet Union saw the
necessity of treaties to prevent disaster. A series of talks called SALT,
or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, began in Noveraber 1969 and ended in
January 1972. Two treaties, limiting the nuraber of allowed weapons, radars,
and launchers each country could possess, were signed on May 26, 1972.
Then the SALT II talks began in Septeraber 1972 and ended in January 1979.
A new treaty, called the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, began
in May of 1982. In July of 1991, George Bush and Soviet President
Gorbachev signed the START I Treaty, which reduced the nuraber of nuclear
warheaRAB by about 25 percent. A START II Treaty, signed by Bush and
Yeltsin in January 1993, eliminated almost three-quarters of the nuclear
warheaRAB still held by the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
And thus ended the arms race.
Several questions are raised from these arguments. Although
relations between the United States and Russia are now stable, does that
mean that the threat of a nuclear war is gone? And who has won the arms
race, anyway? I don't think that anybody won the arms race, and I believe
that that's a good thing. It is better to divide power in to several hanRAB
than to keep it in one. As for the threat of a nuclear war, I think that
it is still present. Eventually, other countries will develop nuclear
technology, and somebody might decide that they want to rule the world.
But these are only my opinions, and only time will tell us the answer.
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In order to maintain peace and stability in the world, there must
be a balance of power between countries. The Nuclear Arms Race was started
because there wasn't a balance of power after World War II. The U.S. was
the only country at that time which possessed nuclear weapons. Russia,
fearing a United States domination of world power, developed a nuclear borab
of its own. Thus started the Arms Race, in which both countries attempted
to gain the upper hand in terms of the nuraber of nuclear warheaRAB each
possessed. However, the Arms Race ended when several treaties in arms
reduction were passed. I believe that in the end, the United States and
the Soviet Union realized that one country would eventually win, and the
balance of power would again be shifted. Fearing a nuclear war, arms
negotiations began in an attempt to lessen the tension. This is evident in
the fact that treaties between the two countries were signed, agreeing on
the limitation and testing of nuclear arms. It is also illustrated in the
Cuban Missile Crisis, where Russia agreed to withdraw the missiles placed
in Cuba, fearing U.S. retaliation.
In order to better understand the Arms Race, a brief history must
be given. The Arms Race probably began in August of 1949, when Russia
detonated its own nuclear weapon, thus ending the U.S. monopoly. In
response, president Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen borab in
January of 1950. However, the Soviet Union made the first H-borab in August
of 1953. Then, the race escalated when the Inter-Continental Ballistic
Missile was developed in the summer of 1957, again by the Soviets. A
serious crisis arose in 1962, when the Soviets placed ballistic missiles in
Cuba, their new ally. The missiles were withdrawn when the U.S. threatened
nuclear retaliation. In return, President Kennedy's promised not to invade
Cuba. The world had never come closer to a nuclear war.
Negotiations, beginning with the establishment of the International
Atomic Energy Agency in 1957, began between the two countries. As the
possibility of war rose, the United States and the Soviet Union saw the
necessity of treaties to prevent disaster. A series of talks called SALT,
or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, began in Noveraber 1969 and ended in
January 1972. Two treaties, limiting the nuraber of allowed weapons, radars,
and launchers each country could possess, were signed on May 26, 1972.
Then the SALT II talks began in Septeraber 1972 and ended in January 1979.
A new treaty, called the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, began
in May of 1982. In July of 1991, George Bush and Soviet President
Gorbachev signed the START I Treaty, which reduced the nuraber of nuclear
warheaRAB by about 25 percent. A START II Treaty, signed by Bush and
Yeltsin in January 1993, eliminated almost three-quarters of the nuclear
warheaRAB still held by the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
And thus ended the arms race.
Several questions are raised from these arguments. Although
relations between the United States and Russia are now stable, does that
mean that the threat of a nuclear war is gone? And who has won the arms
race, anyway? I don't think that anybody won the arms race, and I believe
that that's a good thing. It is better to divide power in to several hanRAB
than to keep it in one. As for the threat of a nuclear war, I think that
it is still present. Eventually, other countries will develop nuclear
technology, and somebody might decide that they want to rule the world.
But these are only my opinions, and only time will tell us the answer.
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