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US Arms Race

First Atomic bomb use.

1945

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/winter/images/atomic-bomb.jpg

H-bomb first used

1952

http://highlandcoldwar8.wikispaces.com/file/view/Hydrogen_Bomb.jpg/30375720/Hydrogen_Bomb.jpg

Massive Retaliation

1954

http://www.regulus-missile.com/M6.gif

ICBM Tech developed

1959

http://gdb.voanews.com/2997DDC1-5263-4370-B9E9-3C9842BA69B9_w640_s.jpg

MIRV developed

1968

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/web/090413-F-1234S-003.jpg

USSR Arms Race

First atomic bomb detonated

1949

http://wwiifrecker11i.wikispaces.com/file/view/Atomic_bomb/263221744/320x219/Atomic_bomb

Produced H-Bomb

1953

http://www.anglonautes.com/history/hist_us_20_cold_war/hist_us_20_cold_war_cov_time_h_bomb_1954.jpg

First ICBM missile launched by USSR

1957

http://en.ria.ru/images/15763/56/157635642.jpg

Soviets detonate Tsar Bomb

1961

http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tsar-bomba.jpg

Defensive ABM system created

1968

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/US-MissileDefenseAgency-Seal.svg/720px-US-MissileDefenseAgency-Seal.svg.png

US Space Race

Explorer 1 launched

January 31, 1958

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Explorer1.jpg

Explorer 2 launches and fails

March 5, 1958

http://claudelafleur.qc.ca/images/Explorer1-launch2.JPG

Vanguard 1 is launched

March 17, 1958

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Vanguard_1.jpg

NASA is formed

October 1, 1958

http://www.etc.cmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/NASA_seal.jpg

Discovery XIV is launched

August 18, 1960

http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/content_panes_media/public/10-year-weather-satellite-timelapse.jpg?itok=-iFuPAsB

USSR Space Race

Sputnik 1 launched

October 4, 1957

http://www.lenseye.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sputnik1-300x300.jpg

Sputnik 2 launched

November 3, 1957

http://img.timeinc.net/time/2007/sputnik_anniv/sputnik_2.jpg

Sputnik 3 is launched

May 15, 1958

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/images/spacecraft/science/sputnik/sputnik3_back_2.jpg

Luna 1 launched, first man made object made to the moon

January 2, 1959

http://previewcf.turbosquid.com/Preview/2012/02/23__21_34_04/Luna2_5.jpgabc59ef7-3e84-4c30-a801-eb1b0ac07caaLarge.jpg

Luna 2 is launched

September 12, 1959

http://bluejayblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/luna2-craft.jpg