Cold war

Cold war

The Cold war(1947-1991) was a period of military and political tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc dominated by the USSR. Military conflict was avoided because the use of nuclear weapons would mean mutually assured destruction.

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Варшавський договір

Military; Cold war

Signed in 1955, it codified the East-West split and provided for mutual defense among Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.

Доктрина Трумена

Military; Cold war

Truman pledged in 1947 to defend "free people who are resisting armed subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures. " The policy was aimed at providing economic and military support to those ...

космічна гонка

Military; Cold war

Наддержава конкуренції в космічної розвідки технології, які паралельно зброї розробок, конкурс холодної ...

Угода про статус сил (SOFA)

Military; Cold war

SOFAs, which establish legal rights and protocols, are negotiated between the United States and each country in which American forces are deployed.

Часовий

Military; Cold war

A proposed ABM system designed to defend cities against ballistic missile attack.

Стратегічної оборонної ініціативи (СОІ)

Military; Cold war

An ABM research program dedicated to finding technology to destroy incoming ICBMs. It was begun in 1983, after Reagan's "Star Wars" speech in which he called on the nation's scientific community to ...