Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
-Both superpowers had massive amounts of nuclear weapons
-If they began war against one another the entire world would be doomed
-Brezhnev and Johnson had an indirect competition
-Testing of larger weapons made this a major issue in the 60's
-Partial Test Ban Treaty resulted after Cuban Missile Crisis and fear of MAD
-Became major focus for Richard Nixon as part of his detente policy
-If they began war against one another the entire world would be doomed
-Brezhnev and Johnson had an indirect competition
-Testing of larger weapons made this a major issue in the 60's
-Partial Test Ban Treaty resulted after Cuban Missile Crisis and fear of MAD
-Became major focus for Richard Nixon as part of his detente policy
Summary:
In the 1960's the testing of weapons increased, and started to become a major issue throughout the world. MAD resulted in the detente policy and the partial test ban treaty.
In the 1960's the testing of weapons increased, and started to become a major issue throughout the world. MAD resulted in the detente policy and the partial test ban treaty.