Chapter 15 - Cold War

Question 1

How many people were expected to die on both sides if nuclear war broke out between the USA and the USSR?

Answer 1

93 million - Kennedy presented with a report in 1963

Question 2

What was Kennedy worried about?

Answer 2

Irrational actors obtaining nuclear weapons

Question 3

How did Khrushchev feel to the US after 1961?

Answer 3

Warming to the idea of US-USSR cooperation after the Sino-Soviet split

Question 4

What had changed by 1964 in terms of leaders?

Answer 4

Kennedy assassinated and replaced by Johnson, Khruschev ousted by the communist party and replaced with Brezhnev

Question 5

Washington-Moscow ‘hot-line’ 1963

Answer 5

one hot-line 24 hours a day between the Oval and the Kremlin however was not used until Johnson used it in the 6 days war. However, improved relations and cooperation between both countries

Question 6

Moscow Test Ban Treaty August 1963

Answer 6

Nuclear weapons could not be tested in outer space or underground, which reduced the nuclear tension. However, France and China did not sign it

Question 7

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968

Answer 7

Could not transfer or help non-nuclear countries from acquiring nuclear weapons. Helped to reduce the chances of non-nuclear states receiving nukes

Question 8

Economic motivations of the treaties?

Answer 8

Cut back costs of the arms race

Question 9

Why did ABMS threaten to destabilize the concept of MAD?

Answer 9

Because it would destroy nuclear weapons and increase the chances of nuclear war

Question 10

What were MIRVs?

Answer 10

Allow for several warheads to detach from a single rocket

Question 11

What did the development of MIRVs mean for the USSR ABMS?

Answer 11

Limited as it could only target one warhead not multiple

Question 12

When did SALT talks begin between the USA and the USSR?

Answer 12

1969