Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Moscow Test Ban Treaty year
Moscow Test Ban Treaty year
1963
3 banned environments in 1963 Test Ban Treaty
3 banned environments in 1963 Test Ban Treaty
Atmosphere, underwater, outer space
NPT signing date
NPT signing date
July 1968
ICBM meaning
ICBM meaning
Long-range missiles delivering nuclear warheads across continents
ABM meaning
ABM meaning
Missiles destroying ballistic missiles before they hit target
MIRV meaning
MIRV meaning
Missiles with several warheads aimed at different targets
What ABMs threatened
What ABMs threatened
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Main economic reason for arms control talks
Main economic reason for arms control talks
Arms race prohibitively expensive
SALT start year and leaders
SALT start year and leaders
1969, Nixon and Brezhnev
China's first nuclear test date
China's first nuclear test date
October 1964