The Soviet Union gets bombs 1949

Who was involved in the soviets getting bombs

joseph stallin, soviet scientist, and the us

how did the soviets get the bombs?

two american scientists gave the secrets to the soviets. There was also another one that was a german physicist.

what was the shared name of the american scientists that was working with the soviets?

The two scientist where the Rosenbergs

what was the rosenbergs names

there names were Julius and Ethal Rosenberg

who was the german physicist that helped passed down secrets to the soviets?

Klaus fuchs

who was Klaus Fuchs

a german who helped the soviets with nuclear weapons.

what happened to julius and ethal rosenburg?

they were executed for spying .

what is espionage?

when did the soviets test their first bomb

1949.

where did the soviets test their bomb

semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhastan

what was the codename for the bomb they tested

first lightning

when the soviets tested their bomb succesfully? What did this mean for america?

They no longer have a monopoly on having nuclear bombs.

When the soviets got their hands on nukes what does this mean for the rest of the world?

It launched the world into a arms race

how did the us confirm that the soviets had nukes?

They had a spy plane with radiation detection collect air samples. This confirmed their suspicion

why would stallin want nukes?

he wanted nuclear equality to match the us power. He also doesn’t want to be intimidated.

what happened with japan that would have stallin and the soviets nervous?

japan got nuked in ww2. Stallin feared that the us would use their power to rule the world.

what was the manhattan project ?

how did the soviets get nuclear weapons so fast even though their country is very behind in intelligence?

espionage sped up their knowledge and saved them billions of dollars

by the 1960s how much firepower does the world have regarding the arms race

they had enough fire power to destroy the planet numerous times

nuclear weapons gave birth to what ideology

An idea called (MAD). This is called mutually assured destruction.

what is mutually assured destruction?

neither side could nuke each other without being destroyed themselves.

What did the spies cause to the people to behave in the united states. What did they start to fear again? Red ______?

the red scare and McCarthyism. They really didnt like traitors

what type of bombs did the us start working on after nuclear bombs?

Hydrogen bombs

after the balance of nuclear power in the world. How did this affect the cold war

The cold war gets more dangerous