Monday, November 30, 2015

WHAT WAS THE ARMS RACE AND SPACE RACE AND WHY DID BOTH THE U.S.S.R. AND THE U.S. THINK IT WAS SO IMPORTANTFOR WEDNESDAY!!!LOL

Arms race and space race can both be considered to be part
of intense rivalry that developed between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. after the World War II for
domination of world politics.


The arms race concentrated on
developing offensive and defensive equipment of war. Nuclear war heads and long range
weapon delivery system dominated the arms race.


Over a
period both countries realized that this arms race was doing no good to any country. As
a result initiatives were taken to end the arms race. A series of meetings between the
Soviet Union and the United States, took place between 1969 and 1979 in an attempt to
limit the production and distribution of nuclear weapons. These meetings are called
strategic arms limitation talks (SALT). Though provision of the agreements reached
during these talks were never ratified by the USA, the provisions of the agreement have
not been violated. So we can say that the arms race has come to an
end.


Space race also became a part of cold war because
success in space was regarded a measure of a country's leadership in science,
engineering, and national defence.  This led to the two nations competed with each other
in developing their space programmes throughout the 1960's and 1970's. This race made
both nations to put in tremendous efforts in their space program, which perhaps was
influenced by need to demonstrate superiority rather than just achieve scientific
progress.


The space race gradually faded out with
realization of futility of the cold war. By the end of the 1970's, the United States and
the Soviet Union began to pursue independent goals in space. Subsequently some
collaborative programs in space exploration have also been taken by the two
countries.

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