Intercontinental ballistic missile

The Cold War was a time of tension between the Union of Soviet socialist republics, The Soviet Union and the United States and their respective ideological. It followed the second war and persisted roughly forty five years. The Cold War was not declared in the same sense at most wars, rather it progressed over time with therefore there are different opinions of the exact beginning of the war. And the economic struggle between the two superpowers. First, The Cold War began in Europe after World…

The United States became concerned because the USSR put up Sputnik, which was a rocket built out of an emptied out casing from an intercontinental ballistic missile. That was a signal to America that Russia could very possibly get to the Moon and control high ground, something that the United States could not allow to happen. So we enacted NASA to get to the moon first. Then in 1969, when we finally…

extensive funding came in 1957, after the successful launch of the Soviet’s Sputnik 1 satellite. After the American public was shocked by what President Dwight D. Eisenhower described as the “Science gap”, the US government perceived an extreme need for missile defense programs such as SAGE, and further allocated funds to allow for…

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is a country founded on September 9th, 1948 after being liberated from the Japanese by the Russians while South Korea was liberated by the United States of America. South Korea took on a Democratic government similar to the US while North Korea took on a Communist government similar to Russia. This caused a serious divide between the countries. Roughly two years later North Korea invaded South Korea with support…

Government positions are notoriously the most hyper criticized and over analyzed occupations in the world, because everything anyone does is under a microscope, vulnerable to the opinions of absolutely everyone. Though opinions differ, one cannot argue the facts and statistics that prove a clear and obvious point. Barack Obama has had an extremely successful administration thus far, and the numbers prove it. The Obama administration has been the subject of profound amounts of criticism during…

The United States were honestly well behind the Soviets. On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. A 184 pound cannonball that circled the earth every 96 minutes. Sputnik was launched by a R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile( Kennedy 7). This was the world’s first artificial “satellite”, and the first man-made object to be position into the earth’s orbit. The states were concerned that the Sputnik was a spying device. Sputnik’s launched came as a shock…

greenhouse on mars to observe if crops would grow. To do this Elon journeyed to Moscow in 2002 for his second time, after being criticized the first time in 2001 for being remarked as inexperienced, to purchase a Dnepr Intercontinental ballistic missile. Elon wished to purchase the missile in hopes of sending cargo to space. After being given an offer of 8 million for the rocket, Elon declined saying that it was overpriced.…

collective self-defense is debatable, the right of collective self-defense remains clear. This right, however, is limited to armed attacks until the UN Security Council takes action on the issue. The previously mentioned hypothetical North Korean missile situation clearly falls under the scope of a country’s right to self-defense. To understand Japan’s interpretation of its obligation to accept its right to collective self-defense under the charter, two the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the…

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a huge part of the Cold War. The Soviets funded the Cuban Military to secretly make and smuggle weapons onto the island and set them up facing the United States. A US spy plane reported the construction of a Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba. President Kennedy called for a naval blockade and demanded the removal of the missiles. War was avoided when the Russians agreed to remove the missiles and the United States agreed to never invade…

The Cold War was one of the most hostile era in history because both the Soviet Union and the United States failed to meet eye to eye. Although there were no actual conflict between the nations, the entire world was at a brink of a nuclear war. Both nations were actively trying to discover deadlier weapons to cause fear in the other as well as cause them to back down. The nuclear arms race provided some important information, but overall it was foolish because the intent was to cause…